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Wildfires in Apure
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 07:28 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 64,240 km² of Apure at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 20,660 km², ranking 2nd 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 2024, with 31,120 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 11,100 km². The 2021–2025 average is 44% 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.
January, February and March together hold 70% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 28 March 2020, with detections in 882 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 64,240 km² with at least one detection, 74% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 8,440 | 13% |
| 2 years | 8,250 | 13% |
| 3 to 5 years | 27,070 | 42% |
| 6 to 10 years | 18,760 | 29% |
| 11 years or more | 1,720 | 2.7% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 7.25, -67.25 and holds 7.9% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 11,100 | 10,707 |
| 2013 | 19,540 | 21,482 |
| 2014 | 21,300 | 24,322 |
| 2015 | 15,730 | 16,238 |
| 2016 | 16,000 | 16,304 |
| 2017 | 14,740 | 14,781 |
| 2018 | 21,130 | 22,764 |
| 2019 | 19,100 | 20,670 |
| 2020 | 29,890 | 36,091 |
| 2021 | 17,710 | 18,303 |
| 2022 | 24,790 | 27,784 |
| 2023 | 25,050 | 28,775 |
| 2024 | 31,120 | 39,686 |
| 2025 | 22,030 | 23,724 |
Other regions of Venezuela
- Bolívar22,520 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
- Cojedes5,390 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
- Guárico State124 km
- Barinas156 km
- Amazonas248 km
- Aragua283 km
- Arauca, Colombia297 km
- Cojedes298 km