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Wildfires in Michoacán
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 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 43,220 km² of Michoacán at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 10,140 km², ranking 5th 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 12,400 km² detected; the quietest was 2014, with 7,560 km². The 2021–2025 average is 7.5% 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 73% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 4 May 2013, with detections in 522 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 43,220 km² with at least one detection, 54% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 11,070 | 26% |
| 2 years | 8,760 | 20% |
| 3 to 5 years | 16,430 | 38% |
| 6 to 10 years | 6,690 | 15% |
| 11 years or more | 269 | 0.6% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 17.75, -102.25 and holds 5.9% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 10,640 | 12,651 |
| 2013 | 12,400 | 15,469 |
| 2014 | 7,560 | 9,070 |
| 2015 | 9,650 | 11,562 |
| 2016 | 11,290 | 13,514 |
| 2017 | 10,970 | 13,358 |
| 2018 | 10,410 | 12,388 |
| 2019 | 10,600 | 12,869 |
| 2020 | 10,720 | 13,191 |
| 2021 | 10,240 | 13,111 |
| 2022 | 9,210 | 11,040 |
| 2023 | 10,480 | 12,620 |
| 2024 | 9,980 | 12,785 |
| 2025 | 7,760 | 9,290 |
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
- Oaxaca9,750 km² in an average year
- Veracruz8,660 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.