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Wildfires in Merida
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 3,160 km² of Merida at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 398 km², ranking 21st 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 766 km² detected; the quietest was 2017, with 192 km². The 2021–2025 average is 13% 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.
January, February and March together hold 64% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 6 March 2020, with detections in 51 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 3,160 km² with at least one detection, 19% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,850 | 59% |
| 2 years | 726 | 23% |
| 3 to 5 years | 527 | 17% |
| 6 to 10 years | 60 | 1.9% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 8.25, -71.25 and holds 33% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 254 | 220 |
| 2013 | 407 | 386 |
| 2014 | 442 | 433 |
| 2015 | 375 | 368 |
| 2016 | 409 | 383 |
| 2017 | 192 | 174 |
| 2018 | 465 | 422 |
| 2019 | 622 | 613 |
| 2020 | 766 | 753 |
| 2021 | 229 | 199 |
| 2022 | 244 | 213 |
| 2023 | 377 | 336 |
| 2024 | 590 | 577 |
| 2025 | 204 | 191 |
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
- Tachira123 km
- Norte de Santander, Colombia165 km
- Trujillo175 km
- Portuguesa246 km
- Arauca, Colombia277 km
- Zulia283 km