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Wildfires in Falcón
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 08:29 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 12,810 km² of Falcón at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 2,280 km², ranking 11th 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 3,280 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 1,280 km². The 2021–2025 average is 16% 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.
July, August and September together hold 35% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 27 May 2020, with detections in 110 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 12,810 km² with at least one detection, 38% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 4,780 | 37% |
| 2 years | 3,190 | 25% |
| 3 to 5 years | 3,980 | 31% |
| 6 to 10 years | 828 | 6.5% |
| 11 years or more | 34 | 0.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 11.75, -70.25 and holds 48% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,660 | 3,634 |
| 2013 | 2,460 | 5,046 |
| 2014 | 2,470 | 5,265 |
| 2015 | 2,520 | 5,649 |
| 2016 | 2,280 | 5,017 |
| 2017 | 1,720 | 4,013 |
| 2018 | 2,740 | 5,786 |
| 2019 | 3,160 | 6,110 |
| 2020 | 3,280 | 6,408 |
| 2021 | 1,390 | 3,697 |
| 2022 | 1,280 | 3,257 |
| 2023 | 2,400 | 4,976 |
| 2024 | 2,510 | 4,697 |
| 2025 | 2,040 | 4,018 |
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.