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Wildfires in Orellana
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 1,620 km² of Orellana at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 184 km², ranking 14th 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 2022, with 419 km² detected; the quietest was 2013, with 63 km². The 2021–2025 average is 146% 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.
August, September and October together hold 48% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 24 September 2024, with detections in 30 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,620 km² with at least one detection, 10% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,120 | 69% |
| 2 years | 337 | 21% |
| 3 to 5 years | 126 | 7.8% |
| 6 to 10 years | 20 | 1.2% |
| 11 years or more | 17 | 1.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -0.25, -76.75 and holds 39% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 100 | 146 |
| 2013 | 63 | 150 |
| 2014 | 68 | 169 |
| 2015 | 123 | 155 |
| 2016 | 208 | 326 |
| 2017 | 149 | 243 |
| 2018 | 156 | 240 |
| 2019 | 78 | 193 |
| 2020 | 249 | 357 |
| 2021 | 160 | 274 |
| 2022 | 419 | 535 |
| 2023 | 232 | 404 |
| 2024 | 383 | 642 |
| 2025 | 192 | 444 |
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
- Sucumbíos0 km
- Tungurahua111 km
- Putumayo, Colombia157 km
- Pichincha166 km
- Nariño, Colombia175 km
- Imbabura175 km