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Wildfires in Nuevo León
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 8,560 km² of Nuevo León at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 932 km², ranking 26th 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 2021, with 1,630 km² detected; the quietest was 2014, with 581 km². The 2021–2025 average is 62% 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.
February, March and April together hold 30% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 27 March 2021, with detections in 133 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 8,560 km² with at least one detection, 11% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 6,020 | 70% |
| 2 years | 1,630 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 years | 808 | 9.4% |
| 6 to 10 years | 64 | 0.7% |
| 11 years or more | 40 | 0.5% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 25.75, -100.25 and holds 48% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 693 | 2,632 |
| 2013 | 615 | 2,513 |
| 2014 | 581 | 2,471 |
| 2015 | 716 | 2,456 |
| 2016 | 938 | 2,952 |
| 2017 | 1,020 | 3,229 |
| 2018 | 885 | 2,929 |
| 2019 | 895 | 3,015 |
| 2020 | 961 | 3,096 |
| 2021 | 1,630 | 4,865 |
| 2022 | 1,290 | 3,530 |
| 2023 | 881 | 3,101 |
| 2024 | 642 | 2,255 |
| 2025 | 1,290 | 3,123 |
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
- Coahuila149 km
- Tamaulipas464 km
- San Luis Potosí470 km
- Aguascalientes489 km
- Querétaro555 km
- Guanajuato565 km