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Wildfires in Los Ríos
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 06:20 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 5,430 km² of Los Ríos at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,680 km², ranking 3rd 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 2016, with 2,520 km² detected; the quietest was 2023, with 446 km². The 2021–2025 average is 34% 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.
October, November and December together hold 89% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 2 December 2013, with detections in 348 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 5,430 km² with at least one detection, 61% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,190 | 22% |
| 2 years | 907 | 17% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,580 | 29% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,560 | 29% |
| 11 years or more | 188 | 3.5% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -1.25, -79.75 and holds 47% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,230 | 2,939 |
| 2013 | 2,240 | 2,786 |
| 2014 | 1,890 | 2,190 |
| 2015 | 1,330 | 1,403 |
| 2016 | 2,520 | 3,232 |
| 2017 | 1,300 | 1,283 |
| 2018 | 1,710 | 1,882 |
| 2019 | 1,220 | 1,186 |
| 2020 | 2,280 | 2,849 |
| 2021 | 1,220 | 1,248 |
| 2022 | 1,770 | 1,968 |
| 2023 | 446 | 391 |
| 2024 | 1,970 | 2,203 |
| 2025 | 1,330 | 1,333 |
Other regions of Ecuador
- Guayas2,670 km² in an average year
- Manabí2,450 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
- 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
- Guayas78 km
- Bolívar78 km
- Manabí78 km
- Chimborazo124 km
- Cotopaxi124 km
- Santa Elena124 km