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Wildfires in Santander
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 UTC
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Fire history, 2012–2025
Detected · VIIRS S-NPP 375 m · 0.01° cells (~1.1 km) · complete years 2012–2025 · built 2026-09-23
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 9,250 km² of Santander at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,280 km², ranking 17th of 33 regions of Colombia.
Year by year
Detected area per year, km². Area of 0.01° cells with at least one detection in the year.
The busiest year was 2016, with 1,700 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 729 km². The 2021–2025 average is 36% lower than the 2012–2016 average.
Through the year
Share of all fire-days 2012–2025 by month. A fire-day is one cell with a detection on one day.
January, February and March together hold 60% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 11 March 2016, with detections in 113 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 9,250 km² with at least one detection, 22% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 5,130 | 55% |
| 2 years | 2,120 | 23% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,630 | 18% |
| 6 to 10 years | 349 | 3.8% |
| 11 years or more | 21 | 0.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 7.25, -73.75 and holds 18% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,230 | 1,189 |
| 2013 | 1,570 | 1,712 |
| 2014 | 1,560 | 1,816 |
| 2015 | 1,610 | 1,735 |
| 2016 | 1,700 | 2,048 |
| 2017 | 1,180 | 1,171 |
| 2018 | 1,290 | 1,285 |
| 2019 | 1,390 | 1,400 |
| 2020 | 1,470 | 1,628 |
| 2021 | 1,010 | 1,026 |
| 2022 | 779 | 747 |
| 2023 | 1,090 | 1,047 |
| 2024 | 1,280 | 1,459 |
| 2025 | 729 | 704 |
Other regions of Colombia
- Vichada14,360 km² in an average year
- Meta11,860 km² in an average year
- Bolívar4,810 km² in an average year
- Caquetá4,570 km² in an average year
- Casanare4,550 km² in an average year
- Antioquia3,970 km² in an average year
- How these figures are madeDetected area, cells, and the single-satellite record.
Detected area counts every 0.01° cell with at least one VIIRS detection, so a small fire counts as a whole cell and a fire missed by cloud or between passes is absent. Borders: Natural Earth 1:10m. 2012 begins on 20 January.
Nearby regions
- Antioquia110 km
- Norte de Santander156 km
- Tachira, Venezuela174 km
- Bolívar175 km
- Boyacá200 km
- Caldas200 km