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Wildfires in Oaxaca
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 45,510 km² of Oaxaca at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 9,750 km², ranking 6th 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 2019, with 13,170 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 5,820 km². The 2021–2025 average is 19% 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 76% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 17 May 2013, with detections in 606 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 45,510 km² with at least one detection, 46% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 15,530 | 34% |
| 2 years | 9,150 | 20% |
| 3 to 5 years | 14,260 | 31% |
| 6 to 10 years | 6,210 | 14% |
| 11 years or more | 356 | 0.8% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 16.25, -95.25 and holds 9.2% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 11,470 | 14,066 |
| 2013 | 12,880 | 16,143 |
| 2014 | 7,920 | 9,010 |
| 2015 | 9,510 | 11,239 |
| 2016 | 10,060 | 12,081 |
| 2017 | 10,710 | 13,224 |
| 2018 | 9,230 | 10,810 |
| 2019 | 13,170 | 17,032 |
| 2020 | 9,610 | 11,166 |
| 2021 | 8,780 | 10,348 |
| 2022 | 9,430 | 11,489 |
| 2023 | 8,770 | 10,552 |
| 2024 | 9,160 | 12,338 |
| 2025 | 5,820 | 7,210 |
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
- 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.
Nearby regions
- Veracruz175 km
- Chiapas270 km
- Tabasco307 km
- San Marcos, Guatemala362 km
- Huehuetenango, Guatemala378 km
- Quetzaltenango, Guatemala410 km