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Wildfires in Copán
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 2,120 km² of Copán at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 378 km², ranking 13th 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 2016, with 582 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 168 km². The 2021–2025 average is 34% 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.
March, April and May together hold 87% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 25 April 2016, with detections in 44 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 2,120 km² with at least one detection, 38% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 802 | 38% |
| 2 years | 517 | 24% |
| 3 to 5 years | 643 | 30% |
| 6 to 10 years | 151 | 7.1% |
| 11 years or more | 3.6 | 0.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 14.75, -88.75 and holds 46% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 275 | 259 |
| 2013 | 552 | 592 |
| 2014 | 426 | 416 |
| 2015 | 424 | 406 |
| 2016 | 582 | 605 |
| 2017 | 273 | 253 |
| 2018 | 378 | 371 |
| 2019 | 433 | 450 |
| 2020 | 447 | 478 |
| 2021 | 168 | 149 |
| 2022 | 297 | 323 |
| 2023 | 476 | 509 |
| 2024 | 389 | 402 |
| 2025 | 171 | 173 |
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
- Chiquimula, Guatemala53 km
- Lempira55 km
- Zacapa, Guatemala77 km
- Santa Bárbara77 km
- Santa Ana, El Salvador77 km
- Chalatenango, El Salvador77 km