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Wildfires in Izabal
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 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 5,620 km² of Izabal at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,300 km², ranking 4th 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 2016, with 1,790 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 786 km². The 2021–2025 average is 14% 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.
April, May and June together hold 78% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 17 May 2024, with detections in 223 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 5,620 km² with at least one detection, 52% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,640 | 29% |
| 2 years | 1,060 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,980 | 35% |
| 6 to 10 years | 887 | 16% |
| 11 years or more | 48 | 0.9% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 15.75, -89.25 and holds 36% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,320 | 1,416 |
| 2013 | 1,770 | 2,156 |
| 2014 | 935 | 968 |
| 2015 | 1,090 | 1,162 |
| 2016 | 1,790 | 2,269 |
| 2017 | 1,330 | 1,436 |
| 2018 | 1,160 | 1,212 |
| 2019 | 1,470 | 1,675 |
| 2020 | 1,400 | 1,596 |
| 2021 | 1,070 | 1,130 |
| 2022 | 997 | 1,037 |
| 2023 | 1,290 | 1,504 |
| 2024 | 1,780 | 2,804 |
| 2025 | 786 | 817 |
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
- 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
- Alta Verapaz53 km
- Zacapa55 km
- Toledo, Belize77 km
- Chiquimula111 km
- Baja Verapaz120 km
- Santa Bárbara, Honduras120 km