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Wildfires in Olancho
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 06:20 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 21,850 km² of Olancho at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 7,060 km², ranking 1st 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 2020, with 11,300 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 2,340 km². The 2021–2025 average is 14% 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 93% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 2 May 2024, with detections in 776 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 21,850 km² with at least one detection, 77% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,320 | 11% |
| 2 years | 2,730 | 12% |
| 3 to 5 years | 9,470 | 43% |
| 6 to 10 years | 7,130 | 33% |
| 11 years or more | 200 | 0.9% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 15.25, -86.25 and holds 13% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3,420 | 3,400 |
| 2013 | 9,710 | 11,924 |
| 2014 | 6,890 | 7,752 |
| 2015 | 6,810 | 7,910 |
| 2016 | 9,270 | 11,421 |
| 2017 | 3,730 | 3,798 |
| 2018 | 7,600 | 8,854 |
| 2019 | 9,070 | 11,925 |
| 2020 | 11,300 | 18,132 |
| 2021 | 4,760 | 4,982 |
| 2022 | 4,460 | 4,736 |
| 2023 | 9,360 | 13,530 |
| 2024 | 10,100 | 14,191 |
| 2025 | 2,340 | 2,263 |
Other regions of Honduras
- 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
- 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
- Atlántida77 km
- Yoro107 km
- Colón120 km
- Francisco Morazán120 km
- El Paraíso123 km
- Jinotega, Nicaragua154 km