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Wildfires in Zacatecas
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 06:20 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 10,110 km² of Zacatecas at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,060 km², ranking 24th 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 1,690 km² detected; the quietest was 2015, with 478 km². The 2021–2025 average is 83% 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.
April, May and June together hold 57% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 23 May 2017, with detections in 65 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 10,110 km² with at least one detection, 10% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 7,200 | 71% |
| 2 years | 1,870 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 956 | 9.4% |
| 6 to 10 years | 86 | 0.8% |
| 11 years or more | 2.2 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 21.25, -103.25 and holds 11% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 608 | 790 |
| 2013 | 537 | 604 |
| 2014 | 624 | 613 |
| 2015 | 478 | 457 |
| 2016 | 1,340 | 1,388 |
| 2017 | 1,480 | 1,758 |
| 2018 | 1,100 | 1,260 |
| 2019 | 1,420 | 1,469 |
| 2020 | 674 | 754 |
| 2021 | 1,100 | 1,302 |
| 2022 | 1,690 | 1,785 |
| 2023 | 1,420 | 2,106 |
| 2024 | 696 | 932 |
| 2025 | 1,650 | 1,853 |
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
- Aguascalientes117 km
- Nayarit190 km
- Guanajuato214 km
- Jalisco228 km
- Colima245 km
- Durango303 km