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Wildfires in Santa Elena
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 08:29 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 1,450 km² of Santa Elena at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 255 km², ranking 8th 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 386 km² detected; the quietest was 2015, with 92 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.
October, November and December together hold 72% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 26 November 2016, with detections in 51 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,450 km² with at least one detection, 34% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 610 | 42% |
| 2 years | 352 | 24% |
| 3 to 5 years | 375 | 26% |
| 6 to 10 years | 104 | 7.2% |
| 11 years or more | 11 | 0.8% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -2.25, -80.25 and holds 51% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 290 | 294 |
| 2013 | 323 | 332 |
| 2014 | 234 | 246 |
| 2015 | 92 | 81 |
| 2016 | 386 | 441 |
| 2017 | 187 | 180 |
| 2018 | 235 | 217 |
| 2019 | 224 | 224 |
| 2020 | 314 | 340 |
| 2021 | 253 | 271 |
| 2022 | 287 | 325 |
| 2023 | 150 | 135 |
| 2024 | 352 | 381 |
| 2025 | 246 | 252 |
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.