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Wildfires in Baja California
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 10:26 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 10,690 km² of Baja California at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,470 km², ranking 21st 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 2020, with 2,130 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 952 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of 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.
June, July and August together hold 46% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 25 October 2019, with detections in 329 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 10,690 km² with at least one detection, 21% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 6,610 | 62% |
| 2 years | 1,790 | 17% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,780 | 17% |
| 6 to 10 years | 478 | 4.5% |
| 11 years or more | 35 | 0.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 32.25, -115.25 and holds 18% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,320 | 1,667 |
| 2013 | 1,440 | 1,827 |
| 2014 | 1,460 | 1,911 |
| 2015 | 1,330 | 1,756 |
| 2016 | 1,290 | 1,834 |
| 2017 | 1,940 | 2,516 |
| 2018 | 1,300 | 1,753 |
| 2019 | 1,500 | 1,856 |
| 2020 | 2,130 | 2,722 |
| 2021 | 1,390 | 1,951 |
| 2022 | 952 | 1,446 |
| 2023 | 1,480 | 2,075 |
| 2024 | 1,460 | 2,086 |
| 2025 | 1,600 | 2,339 |
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.
Nearby regions
- California, United States394 km
- Arizona, United States435 km
- Nevada, United States447 km
- Sonora568 km
- Utah, United States757 km
- Baja California Sur849 km