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Wildfires in Gracias a Dios
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 10:27 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 12,750 km² of Gracias a Dios at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 3,600 km², ranking 2nd 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 6,730 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 2,130 km². The 2021–2025 average is 29% 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.
March, April and May together hold 85% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 25 April 2020, with detections in 424 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 12,750 km² with at least one detection, 71% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,780 | 14% |
| 2 years | 1,940 | 15% |
| 3 to 5 years | 6,070 | 48% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2,920 | 23% |
| 11 years or more | 42 | 0.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 15.25, -84.25 and holds 17% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,170 | 2,053 |
| 2013 | 3,480 | 3,498 |
| 2014 | 4,090 | 4,343 |
| 2015 | 2,160 | 2,081 |
| 2016 | 3,440 | 3,527 |
| 2017 | 2,170 | 2,048 |
| 2018 | 3,610 | 3,658 |
| 2019 | 3,820 | 3,926 |
| 2020 | 5,610 | 6,735 |
| 2021 | 3,020 | 3,073 |
| 2022 | 2,130 | 1,982 |
| 2023 | 6,730 | 9,135 |
| 2024 | 5,670 | 7,792 |
| 2025 | 2,240 | 2,130 |
Other regions of Honduras
- Olancho7,060 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
- 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
- Colón120 km
- Jinotega, Nicaragua154 km
- North Caribbean Coast, Nicaragua166 km
- Olancho214 km
- Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua272 km
- Atlántida273 km