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Wildfires in Veracruz
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 44,190 km² of Veracruz at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 8,660 km², ranking 7th 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 11,550 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 6,310 km². The 2021–2025 average is 15% 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 57% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 18 May 2013, with detections in 500 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 44,190 km² with at least one detection, 43% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 15,060 | 34% |
| 2 years | 10,050 | 23% |
| 3 to 5 years | 14,780 | 33% |
| 6 to 10 years | 4,150 | 9.4% |
| 11 years or more | 146 | 0.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 17.75, -94.75 and holds 8.6% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 8,360 | 11,564 |
| 2013 | 10,810 | 14,007 |
| 2014 | 7,590 | 10,144 |
| 2015 | 8,530 | 11,224 |
| 2016 | 10,310 | 13,536 |
| 2017 | 9,170 | 12,486 |
| 2018 | 8,580 | 11,203 |
| 2019 | 11,550 | 16,206 |
| 2020 | 7,670 | 11,472 |
| 2021 | 7,660 | 11,523 |
| 2022 | 8,900 | 12,786 |
| 2023 | 7,820 | 11,540 |
| 2024 | 7,930 | 12,152 |
| 2025 | 6,310 | 9,962 |
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.