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Wildfires in Matagalpa
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 10:26 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 4,850 km² of Matagalpa at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 961 km², ranking 6th 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 1,360 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 578 km². The 2021–2025 average is 20% 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 84% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 21 April 2014, with detections in 118 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 4,850 km² with at least one detection, 40% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,930 | 40% |
| 2 years | 987 | 20% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,300 | 27% |
| 6 to 10 years | 601 | 12% |
| 11 years or more | 29 | 0.6% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 12.75, -86.25 and holds 40% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,080 | 1,092 |
| 2013 | 1,360 | 1,440 |
| 2014 | 1,220 | 1,267 |
| 2015 | 863 | 849 |
| 2016 | 794 | 740 |
| 2017 | 644 | 621 |
| 2018 | 998 | 1,064 |
| 2019 | 1,120 | 1,139 |
| 2020 | 1,150 | 1,215 |
| 2021 | 801 | 796 |
| 2022 | 578 | 565 |
| 2023 | 1,100 | 1,150 |
| 2024 | 1,070 | 1,113 |
| 2025 | 688 | 711 |
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
- Managua860 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.