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Wildfires in Baja Verapaz
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 1,860 km² of Baja Verapaz at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 324 km², ranking 14th 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 524 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 178 km². The 2021–2025 average is 46% 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 87% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 25 April 2014, with detections in 34 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,860 km² with at least one detection, 34% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 748 | 40% |
| 2 years | 475 | 25% |
| 3 to 5 years | 516 | 28% |
| 6 to 10 years | 117 | 6.3% |
| 11 years or more | 7.2 | 0.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 15.25, -90.25 and holds 57% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 415 | 427 |
| 2013 | 524 | 582 |
| 2014 | 359 | 355 |
| 2015 | 465 | 494 |
| 2016 | 379 | 388 |
| 2017 | 330 | 353 |
| 2018 | 328 | 335 |
| 2019 | 300 | 321 |
| 2020 | 270 | 286 |
| 2021 | 178 | 180 |
| 2022 | 188 | 175 |
| 2023 | 226 | 236 |
| 2024 | 374 | 471 |
| 2025 | 193 | 196 |
Other regions of Guatemala
- Petén7,720 km² in an average year
- Alta Verapaz1,940 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
- 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
- Guatemala55 km
- El Progreso55 km
- Alta Verapaz77 km
- Quiché77 km
- Jalapa77 km
- Chimaltenango77 km