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Wildfires in Aragua
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 15:22 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 5,640 km² of Aragua at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 2,220 km², ranking 13th 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 3,340 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 1,210 km². The 2021–2025 average is 40% 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 74% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 20 March 2018, with detections in 232 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 5,640 km² with at least one detection, 82% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 508 | 9.0% |
| 2 years | 509 | 9.0% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,890 | 34% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2,450 | 43% |
| 11 years or more | 287 | 5.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 9.75, -66.75 and holds 37% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,210 | 1,288 |
| 2013 | 2,050 | 2,527 |
| 2014 | 2,240 | 2,741 |
| 2015 | 1,630 | 1,950 |
| 2016 | 1,590 | 1,885 |
| 2017 | 1,490 | 1,650 |
| 2018 | 2,740 | 3,442 |
| 2019 | 2,530 | 3,040 |
| 2020 | 3,340 | 4,290 |
| 2021 | 1,700 | 1,944 |
| 2022 | 2,540 | 3,032 |
| 2023 | 2,540 | 3,039 |
| 2024 | 3,150 | 4,027 |
| 2025 | 2,280 | 2,634 |
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
- Miranda55 km
- Distrito Capital55 km
- Vargas state123 km
- Cojedes164 km
- Guárico State166 km
- Carabobo173 km