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Wildfires in Loja
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 6,470 km² of Loja at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,110 km², ranking 4th 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 1,720 km² detected; the quietest was 2014, with 818 km². The 2021–2025 average is 11% higher 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.
October, November and December together hold 71% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 21 November 2020, with detections in 124 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 6,470 km² with at least one detection, 33% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,730 | 42% |
| 2 years | 1,610 | 25% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,640 | 25% |
| 6 to 10 years | 473 | 7.3% |
| 11 years or more | 18 | 0.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -4.25, -80.25 and holds 34% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 910 | 891 |
| 2013 | 1,060 | 1,005 |
| 2014 | 818 | 816 |
| 2015 | 823 | 775 |
| 2016 | 1,550 | 1,616 |
| 2017 | 890 | 823 |
| 2018 | 1,420 | 1,484 |
| 2019 | 933 | 925 |
| 2020 | 1,460 | 1,442 |
| 2021 | 874 | 880 |
| 2022 | 1,210 | 1,231 |
| 2023 | 996 | 989 |
| 2024 | 1,720 | 1,867 |
| 2025 | 931 | 933 |
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
- Esmeraldas437 km² in an average year
- El Oro344 km² in an average year
- Sucumbíos304 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
- El Oro55 km
- Tumbes, Peru55 km
- Piura, Peru78 km
- Zamora Chinchipe124 km
- Azuay157 km
- Cajamarca, Peru199 km