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Wildfires in Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 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 2,380 km² of Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 331 km², ranking 6th 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 1,000 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 162 km². The 2021–2025 average is 34% 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 42% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 3 April 2024, with detections in 160 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 2,380 km² with at least one detection, 24% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,340 | 56% |
| 2 years | 459 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 years | 485 | 20% |
| 6 to 10 years | 89 | 3.7% |
| 11 years or more | 2.4 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 5.75, -57.75 and holds 31% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 294 | 313 |
| 2013 | 282 | 295 |
| 2014 | 273 | 270 |
| 2015 | 376 | 461 |
| 2016 | 323 | 353 |
| 2017 | 228 | 219 |
| 2018 | 232 | 276 |
| 2019 | 275 | 339 |
| 2020 | 274 | 286 |
| 2021 | 162 | 158 |
| 2022 | 170 | 170 |
| 2023 | 465 | 688 |
| 2024 | 1,000 | 1,660 |
| 2025 | 276 | 349 |
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
- 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
- Mahaica-Berbice78 km
- Nickerie, Suriname110 km
- East Berbice-Corentyne124 km
- Demerara-Mahaica124 km
- Coronie, Suriname165 km
- Cuyuni-Mazaruni200 km