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Wildfires in Baja California Sur
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 09:19 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 1,500 km² of Baja California Sur at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 212 km², ranking 31st of 32 regions of Mexico.
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 274 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 124 km². The 2021–2025 average is 9.1% 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.
September, October and November together hold 35% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 1 March 2013, with detections in 37 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,500 km² with at least one detection, 22% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 900 | 60% |
| 2 years | 270 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 251 | 17% |
| 6 to 10 years | 76 | 5.1% |
| 11 years or more | 6.6 | 0.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 25.25, -111.75 and holds 49% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 124 | 132 |
| 2013 | 274 | 274 |
| 2014 | 223 | 255 |
| 2015 | 261 | 292 |
| 2016 | 175 | 209 |
| 2017 | 189 | 226 |
| 2018 | 149 | 200 |
| 2019 | 200 | 271 |
| 2020 | 218 | 279 |
| 2021 | 239 | 307 |
| 2022 | 214 | 265 |
| 2023 | 240 | 297 |
| 2024 | 233 | 313 |
| 2025 | 228 | 294 |
Other regions of Mexico
- Guerrero14,510 km² in an average year
- Chiapas14,110 km² in an average year
- Campeche13,010 km² in an average year
- Jalisco10,370 km² in an average year
- Michoacán10,140 km² in an average year
- Oaxaca9,750 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.