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Wildfires in Colón
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 5,970 km² of Colón at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,630 km², ranking 6th 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 2023, with 2,390 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 580 km². The 2021–2025 average is 30% 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.
April, May and June together hold 82% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 20 May 2013, with detections in 185 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 5,970 km² with at least one detection, 63% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,200 | 20% |
| 2 years | 1,020 | 17% |
| 3 to 5 years | 2,320 | 39% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,400 | 23% |
| 11 years or more | 46 | 0.8% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 15.75, -85.25 and holds 42% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,370 | 1,552 |
| 2013 | 2,100 | 2,687 |
| 2014 | 2,200 | 2,785 |
| 2015 | 1,570 | 1,809 |
| 2016 | 2,150 | 2,855 |
| 2017 | 1,380 | 1,542 |
| 2018 | 1,300 | 1,371 |
| 2019 | 2,210 | 2,894 |
| 2020 | 1,980 | 2,894 |
| 2021 | 1,520 | 1,840 |
| 2022 | 580 | 551 |
| 2023 | 2,390 | 4,000 |
| 2024 | 1,390 | 1,922 |
| 2025 | 716 | 735 |
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
- Comayagua1,440 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
- Olancho120 km
- Gracias a Dios120 km
- Atlántida160 km
- Jinotega, Nicaragua166 km
- Yoro221 km
- El Paraíso231 km