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Wildfires in Durango
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 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 29,750 km² of Durango at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 4,570 km², ranking 13th 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 8,610 km² detected; the quietest was 2015, with 1,720 km². The 2021–2025 average is 20% 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.
April, May and June together hold 87% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 3 June 2017, with detections in 611 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 29,750 km² with at least one detection, 30% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 14,640 | 49% |
| 2 years | 6,280 | 21% |
| 3 to 5 years | 7,450 | 25% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,340 | 4.5% |
| 11 years or more | 35 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 23.25, -105.25 and holds 10% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 7,530 | 12,224 |
| 2013 | 4,530 | 5,951 |
| 2014 | 2,890 | 3,504 |
| 2015 | 1,720 | 1,888 |
| 2016 | 5,580 | 7,459 |
| 2017 | 8,610 | 13,948 |
| 2018 | 5,500 | 8,010 |
| 2019 | 6,850 | 10,690 |
| 2020 | 3,080 | 3,805 |
| 2021 | 5,190 | 8,078 |
| 2022 | 3,880 | 5,474 |
| 2023 | 3,660 | 5,074 |
| 2024 | 2,230 | 3,085 |
| 2025 | 2,810 | 4,286 |
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.