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Wildfires in Demerara-Mahaica
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 10:26 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 927 km² of Demerara-Mahaica at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 206 km², ranking 10th 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 479 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 52 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.
February, March and April together hold 52% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 31 March 2024, with detections in 57 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 927 km² with at least one detection, 51% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 279 | 30% |
| 2 years | 177 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 years | 342 | 37% |
| 6 to 10 years | 118 | 13% |
| 11 years or more | 9.8 | 1.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 6.75, -58.25 and holds 89% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 145 | 145 |
| 2013 | 134 | 133 |
| 2014 | 215 | 235 |
| 2015 | 238 | 277 |
| 2016 | 304 | 354 |
| 2017 | 144 | 149 |
| 2018 | 140 | 148 |
| 2019 | 295 | 325 |
| 2020 | 214 | 222 |
| 2021 | 75 | 70 |
| 2022 | 52 | 44 |
| 2023 | 297 | 357 |
| 2024 | 479 | 739 |
| 2025 | 159 | 175 |
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.
Nearby regions
- East Berbice-Corentyne0 km
- Cuyuni-Mazaruni78 km
- Mahaica-Berbice123 km
- Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo124 km
- Nickerie, Suriname199 km
- Barima-Waini234 km