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Wildfires in Guárico State
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 59,990 km² of Guárico State at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 20,230 km², ranking 3rd 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 28,270 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 12,610 km². The 2021–2025 average is 31% 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 57% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 9 April 2024, with detections in 768 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 59,990 km² with at least one detection, 76% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 6,840 | 11% |
| 2 years | 7,390 | 12% |
| 3 to 5 years | 24,080 | 40% |
| 6 to 10 years | 20,180 | 34% |
| 11 years or more | 1,500 | 2.5% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 8.25, -66.75 and holds 6.6% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 12,610 | 12,773 |
| 2013 | 19,550 | 22,063 |
| 2014 | 19,770 | 22,359 |
| 2015 | 17,690 | 19,280 |
| 2016 | 15,430 | 16,619 |
| 2017 | 17,740 | 19,220 |
| 2018 | 22,240 | 24,883 |
| 2019 | 22,290 | 25,071 |
| 2020 | 24,570 | 27,435 |
| 2021 | 18,300 | 19,352 |
| 2022 | 20,670 | 22,276 |
| 2023 | 24,140 | 27,682 |
| 2024 | 28,270 | 33,709 |
| 2025 | 19,880 | 21,384 |
Other regions of Venezuela
- Bolívar22,520 km² in an average year
- Apure20,660 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.