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Wildfires in Upper Demerara-Berbice
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 14,070 km² of Upper Demerara-Berbice at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 3,440 km², ranking 1st 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 5,880 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 2,080 km². The 2021–2025 average is 6.0% 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.
January, February and March together hold 42% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 3 April 2024, with detections in 209 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 14,070 km² with at least one detection, 63% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,600 | 18% |
| 2 years | 2,650 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 years | 6,800 | 48% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2,000 | 14% |
| 11 years or more | 22 | 0.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 3.75, -59.25 and holds 18% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3,250 | 3,002 |
| 2013 | 3,050 | 2,861 |
| 2014 | 3,420 | 3,216 |
| 2015 | 4,300 | 4,258 |
| 2016 | 2,830 | 2,641 |
| 2017 | 3,560 | 3,292 |
| 2018 | 3,090 | 2,916 |
| 2019 | 3,200 | 3,020 |
| 2020 | 3,580 | 3,282 |
| 2021 | 2,160 | 1,926 |
| 2022 | 2,080 | 1,812 |
| 2023 | 4,750 | 4,785 |
| 2024 | 5,880 | 6,533 |
| 2025 | 3,010 | 2,756 |
Other regions of Guyana
- 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
- 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, Brazil124 km
- Potaro-Siparuni124 km
- Pomeroon-Supenaam277 km
- Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo277 km
- East Berbice-Corentyne351 km
- Demerara-Mahaica351 km