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Wildfires in Chimborazo
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 2,060 km² of Chimborazo at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 235 km², ranking 9th 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 552 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 40 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.
September, October and November together hold 60% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 21 November 2016, with detections in 52 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 2,060 km² with at least one detection, 14% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,220 | 59% |
| 2 years | 554 | 27% |
| 3 to 5 years | 276 | 13% |
| 6 to 10 years | 7.4 | 0.4% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -1.75, -78.75 and holds 53% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 297 | 327 |
| 2013 | 172 | 171 |
| 2014 | 119 | 135 |
| 2015 | 228 | 221 |
| 2016 | 384 | 351 |
| 2017 | 162 | 139 |
| 2018 | 254 | 240 |
| 2019 | 158 | 143 |
| 2020 | 343 | 331 |
| 2021 | 40 | 32 |
| 2022 | 176 | 154 |
| 2023 | 192 | 161 |
| 2024 | 552 | 585 |
| 2025 | 218 | 199 |
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.