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Wildfires in Tamaulipas
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 08:29 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 24,490 km² of Tamaulipas at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 3,340 km², ranking 14th 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 2022, with 4,750 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 2,240 km². The 2021–2025 average is 15% 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.
March, April and May together hold 40% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 23 March 2013, with detections in 157 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 24,490 km² with at least one detection, 22% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 13,410 | 55% |
| 2 years | 5,600 | 23% |
| 3 to 5 years | 4,740 | 19% |
| 6 to 10 years | 703 | 2.9% |
| 11 years or more | 28 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 22.25, -97.75 and holds 12% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,860 | 4,058 |
| 2013 | 3,840 | 5,612 |
| 2014 | 2,460 | 3,492 |
| 2015 | 2,350 | 3,219 |
| 2016 | 3,740 | 4,952 |
| 2017 | 3,990 | 5,462 |
| 2018 | 3,610 | 4,728 |
| 2019 | 3,380 | 4,551 |
| 2020 | 2,870 | 4,313 |
| 2021 | 3,500 | 5,013 |
| 2022 | 4,750 | 7,056 |
| 2023 | 3,070 | 4,436 |
| 2024 | 2,240 | 3,326 |
| 2025 | 4,030 | 5,345 |
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
- San Luis Potosí117 km
- Hidalgo271 km
- Querétaro307 km
- State of Mexico318 km
- Puebla337 km
- Tlaxcala337 km