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Wildfires in Potaro-Siparuni
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 2,710 km² of Potaro-Siparuni at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 485 km², ranking 5th 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 2023, with 856 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 237 km². The 2021–2025 average is 6.4% 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 53% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 12 March 2024, with detections in 49 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 2,710 km² with at least one detection, 37% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,070 | 40% |
| 2 years | 622 | 23% |
| 3 to 5 years | 806 | 30% |
| 6 to 10 years | 199 | 7.3% |
| 11 years or more | 7.4 | 0.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 4.75, -59.75 and holds 52% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 462 | 435 |
| 2013 | 374 | 339 |
| 2014 | 409 | 414 |
| 2015 | 629 | 656 |
| 2016 | 509 | 498 |
| 2017 | 308 | 283 |
| 2018 | 459 | 440 |
| 2019 | 583 | 617 |
| 2020 | 527 | 542 |
| 2021 | 268 | 235 |
| 2022 | 237 | 205 |
| 2023 | 856 | 940 |
| 2024 | 763 | 894 |
| 2025 | 411 | 411 |
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
- 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
- Roraima, Brazil78 km
- Upper Demerara-Berbice124 km
- Pomeroon-Supenaam156 km
- Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo247 km
- East Berbice-Corentyne277 km
- Demerara-Mahaica277 km