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Wildfires in Chihuahua
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 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 44,200 km² of Chihuahua at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 5,570 km², ranking 10th 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 2017, with 8,620 km² detected; the quietest was 2015, with 2,370 km². The 2021–2025 average is 8.7% 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.
April, May and June together hold 72% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 13 June 2021, with detections in 650 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 44,200 km² with at least one detection, 19% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 26,410 | 60% |
| 2 years | 9,570 | 22% |
| 3 to 5 years | 7,260 | 16% |
| 6 to 10 years | 940 | 2.1% |
| 11 years or more | 23 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 26.25, -107.25 and holds 8.8% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 7,260 | 11,281 |
| 2013 | 5,530 | 7,879 |
| 2014 | 4,070 | 5,158 |
| 2015 | 2,370 | 2,749 |
| 2016 | 6,050 | 8,274 |
| 2017 | 8,620 | 13,409 |
| 2018 | 8,510 | 12,548 |
| 2019 | 4,820 | 6,478 |
| 2020 | 3,290 | 4,031 |
| 2021 | 6,920 | 11,187 |
| 2022 | 5,450 | 7,697 |
| 2023 | 5,390 | 7,232 |
| 2024 | 4,020 | 5,958 |
| 2025 | 5,720 | 9,427 |
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.