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Wildfires in Amazonas
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 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 15,980 km² of Amazonas at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 3,630 km², ranking 10th of 25 regions of Venezuela.
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 2020, with 5,150 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 1,880 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of 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.
January, February and March together hold 79% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 26 February 2019, with detections in 265 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 15,980 km² with at least one detection, 46% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 5,790 | 36% |
| 2 years | 2,820 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 4,520 | 28% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2,580 | 16% |
| 11 years or more | 258 | 1.6% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 5.25, -66.25 and holds 13% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,880 | 1,777 |
| 2013 | 3,440 | 4,121 |
| 2014 | 3,570 | 3,989 |
| 2015 | 3,410 | 3,820 |
| 2016 | 4,770 | 5,610 |
| 2017 | 2,720 | 2,807 |
| 2018 | 4,510 | 5,326 |
| 2019 | 4,230 | 4,882 |
| 2020 | 5,150 | 6,412 |
| 2021 | 2,370 | 2,318 |
| 2022 | 3,080 | 3,246 |
| 2023 | 3,760 | 4,230 |
| 2024 | 5,070 | 5,944 |
| 2025 | 2,890 | 2,977 |
Other regions of Venezuela
- Bolívar22,520 km² in an average year
- Apure20,660 km² in an average year
- Guárico State20,230 km² in an average year
- Anzoátegui13,060 km² in an average year
- Monagas6,380 km² in an average year
- Portuguesa5,860 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
- Guainía, Colombia235 km
- Apure248 km
- Guárico State338 km
- Barinas400 km
- Arauca, Colombia402 km
- Casanare, Colombia446 km