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Wildfires in Cañar
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 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 1,240 km² of Cañar at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 145 km², ranking 17th of 24 regions of Ecuador.
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 2024, with 255 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 48 km². The 2021–2025 average is 13% 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.
September, October and November together hold 60% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 11 November 2024, with detections in 23 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,240 km² with at least one detection, 15% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 789 | 64% |
| 2 years | 262 | 21% |
| 3 to 5 years | 171 | 14% |
| 6 to 10 years | 18 | 1.5% |
| 11 years or more | 1.2 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -2.25, -79.25 and holds 40% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 191 | 204 |
| 2013 | 139 | 122 |
| 2014 | 113 | 104 |
| 2015 | 130 | 112 |
| 2016 | 202 | 188 |
| 2017 | 128 | 113 |
| 2018 | 178 | 167 |
| 2019 | 94 | 98 |
| 2020 | 186 | 158 |
| 2021 | 48 | 39 |
| 2022 | 151 | 134 |
| 2023 | 115 | 99 |
| 2024 | 255 | 248 |
| 2025 | 108 | 108 |
Other regions of Ecuador
- Guayas2,670 km² in an average year
- Manabí2,450 km² in an average year
- Los Ríos1,680 km² in an average year
- Loja1,110 km² in an average year
- Esmeraldas437 km² in an average year
- El Oro344 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
- Bolívar55 km
- Chimborazo78 km
- Santa Elena111 km
- Morona-Santiago111 km
- Azuay111 km
- Guayas124 km