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Wildfires in Vichada
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 59,850 km² of Vichada at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 14,360 km², ranking 1st 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 2020, with 17,960 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 11,570 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of 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 62% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 19 February 2018, with detections in 531 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 59,850 km² with at least one detection, 60% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 11,470 | 19% |
| 2 years | 12,380 | 21% |
| 3 to 5 years | 27,260 | 46% |
| 6 to 10 years | 8,610 | 14% |
| 11 years or more | 130 | 0.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 4.25, -70.75 and holds 7.5% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 11,570 | 10,288 |
| 2013 | 15,370 | 14,109 |
| 2014 | 17,040 | 15,770 |
| 2015 | 12,420 | 11,177 |
| 2016 | 15,900 | 14,836 |
| 2017 | 14,000 | 12,976 |
| 2018 | 16,060 | 14,966 |
| 2019 | 11,990 | 10,955 |
| 2020 | 17,960 | 17,109 |
| 2021 | 12,190 | 11,289 |
| 2022 | 15,960 | 14,975 |
| 2023 | 13,350 | 12,381 |
| 2024 | 14,200 | 13,497 |
| 2025 | 13,020 | 11,986 |
Other regions of Colombia
- 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
- Cesar3,680 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.