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Wildfires in Mahaica-Berbice
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 2,560 km² of Mahaica-Berbice at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 653 km², ranking 2nd 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 1,460 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 243 km². The 2021–2025 average is 29% higher 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.
September, October and November together hold 61% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 31 March 2024, with detections in 146 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 2,560 km² with at least one detection, 51% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 854 | 33% |
| 2 years | 409 | 16% |
| 3 to 5 years | 756 | 29% |
| 6 to 10 years | 422 | 16% |
| 11 years or more | 122 | 4.8% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 6.25, -57.25 and holds 50% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 629 | 817 |
| 2013 | 519 | 593 |
| 2014 | 672 | 857 |
| 2015 | 658 | 860 |
| 2016 | 551 | 597 |
| 2017 | 474 | 546 |
| 2018 | 552 | 679 |
| 2019 | 579 | 731 |
| 2020 | 602 | 737 |
| 2021 | 287 | 291 |
| 2022 | 243 | 246 |
| 2023 | 1,180 | 1,823 |
| 2024 | 1,460 | 2,503 |
| 2025 | 732 | 1,277 |
Other regions of Guyana
- Upper Demerara-Berbice3,440 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
- Cuyuni-Mazaruni262 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
- Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo78 km
- Nickerie, Suriname78 km
- East Berbice-Corentyne123 km
- Demerara-Mahaica123 km
- Coronie, Suriname123 km
- Saramacca, Suriname174 km