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Wildfires in Estelí
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 09:22 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 1,870 km² of Estelí at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 452 km², ranking 13th of 17 regions of Nicaragua.
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 2013, with 640 km² detected; the quietest was 2016, with 239 km². The 2021–2025 average is 5.2% 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 87% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 21 April 2014, with detections in 63 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,870 km² with at least one detection, 57% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 454 | 24% |
| 2 years | 343 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 737 | 40% |
| 6 to 10 years | 320 | 17% |
| 11 years or more | 12 | 0.6% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 13.25, -86.25 and holds 47% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 392 | 391 |
| 2013 | 640 | 726 |
| 2014 | 577 | 642 |
| 2015 | 370 | 372 |
| 2016 | 239 | 223 |
| 2017 | 317 | 310 |
| 2018 | 535 | 610 |
| 2019 | 522 | 545 |
| 2020 | 637 | 720 |
| 2021 | 275 | 273 |
| 2022 | 416 | 427 |
| 2023 | 516 | 567 |
| 2024 | 501 | 510 |
| 2025 | 395 | 399 |
Other regions of Nicaragua
- North Caribbean Coast7,730 km² in an average year
- South Caribbean Coast3,310 km² in an average year
- Chinandega1,250 km² in an average year
- Jinotega1,130 km² in an average year
- León1,130 km² in an average year
- Matagalpa961 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
- Madriz54 km
- Matagalpa55 km
- Nueva Segovia55 km
- Choluteca, Honduras108 km
- Managua111 km
- Chinandega121 km