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Wildfires in Barima-Waini
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 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 1,550 km² of Barima-Waini at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 246 km², ranking 9th of 10 regions of Guyana.
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 2024, with 591 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 59 km². The 2021–2025 average is 15% 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.
February, March and April together hold 73% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 23 March 2024, with detections in 66 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,550 km² with at least one detection, 32% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 736 | 47% |
| 2 years | 324 | 21% |
| 3 to 5 years | 411 | 27% |
| 6 to 10 years | 80 | 5.1% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 8.25, -59.75 and holds 31% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 139 | 130 |
| 2013 | 246 | 227 |
| 2014 | 194 | 175 |
| 2015 | 341 | 345 |
| 2016 | 328 | 340 |
| 2017 | 138 | 130 |
| 2018 | 195 | 187 |
| 2019 | 480 | 523 |
| 2020 | 325 | 353 |
| 2021 | 70 | 60 |
| 2022 | 59 | 51 |
| 2023 | 230 | 239 |
| 2024 | 591 | 916 |
| 2025 | 107 | 101 |
Other regions of Guyana
- Upper Demerara-Berbice3,440 km² in an average year
- Mahaica-Berbice653 km² in an average year
- Pomeroon-Supenaam542 km² in an average year
- Potaro-Siparuni485 km² in an average year
- Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo331 km² in an average year
- East Berbice-Corentyne312 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.