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Wildfires in Alta Verapaz
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 09:22 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 7,870 km² of Alta Verapaz at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,940 km², ranking 2nd of 22 regions of Guatemala.
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 2013, with 2,660 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 1,110 km². The 2021–2025 average is 19% 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.
March, April and May together hold 88% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 8 May 2013, with detections in 413 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 7,870 km² with at least one detection, 56% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,790 | 23% |
| 2 years | 1,660 | 21% |
| 3 to 5 years | 3,030 | 39% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,300 | 16% |
| 11 years or more | 90 | 1.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 15.75, -89.75 and holds 25% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,950 | 2,070 |
| 2013 | 2,660 | 2,948 |
| 2014 | 1,310 | 1,302 |
| 2015 | 2,250 | 2,436 |
| 2016 | 2,390 | 2,710 |
| 2017 | 1,800 | 1,905 |
| 2018 | 1,790 | 1,862 |
| 2019 | 2,470 | 2,785 |
| 2020 | 1,930 | 2,081 |
| 2021 | 1,600 | 1,663 |
| 2022 | 1,520 | 1,535 |
| 2023 | 2,090 | 2,334 |
| 2024 | 2,260 | 3,115 |
| 2025 | 1,110 | 1,124 |
Other regions of Guatemala
- Petén7,720 km² in an average year
- Escuintla1,310 km² in an average year
- Izabal1,300 km² in an average year
- Quiché976 km² in an average year
- Jutiapa826 km² in an average year
- Santa Rosa723 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
- Izabal53 km
- Zacapa77 km
- Baja Verapaz77 km
- Quiché107 km
- Jalapa111 km
- Toledo, Belize120 km