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Wildfires in Choluteca
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 3,840 km² of Choluteca at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,170 km², ranking 8th of 18 regions of Honduras.
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 2013, with 1,870 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 735 km². The 2021–2025 average is 27% lower 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.
February, March and April together hold 70% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 21 April 2014, with detections in 76 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 3,840 km² with at least one detection, 70% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 592 | 15% |
| 2 years | 553 | 14% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,530 | 40% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,100 | 29% |
| 11 years or more | 63 | 1.6% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 13.25, -87.25 and holds 46% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,150 | 1,255 |
| 2013 | 1,870 | 2,274 |
| 2014 | 1,520 | 1,744 |
| 2015 | 1,300 | 1,481 |
| 2016 | 844 | 925 |
| 2017 | 1,050 | 1,142 |
| 2018 | 1,540 | 1,842 |
| 2019 | 1,040 | 1,124 |
| 2020 | 1,220 | 1,430 |
| 2021 | 735 | 752 |
| 2022 | 1,010 | 1,119 |
| 2023 | 1,150 | 1,319 |
| 2024 | 1,040 | 1,177 |
| 2025 | 924 | 987 |
Other regions of Honduras
- Olancho7,060 km² in an average year
- Gracias a Dios3,600 km² in an average year
- Yoro2,380 km² in an average year
- Francisco Morazán2,260 km² in an average year
- El Paraíso1,740 km² in an average year
- Colón1,630 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
- Madriz, Nicaragua54 km
- La Unión, El Salvador54 km
- Chinandega, Nicaragua55 km
- Valle77 km
- Estelí, Nicaragua108 km
- Usulután, El Salvador108 km