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Wildfires in Portuguesa
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 06:20 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 15,720 km² of Portuguesa at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 5,860 km², ranking 6th 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 8,490 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 3,220 km². The 2021–2025 average is 15% 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 68% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 18 March 2020, with detections in 411 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 15,720 km² with at least one detection, 77% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,910 | 12% |
| 2 years | 1,680 | 11% |
| 3 to 5 years | 5,150 | 33% |
| 6 to 10 years | 6,200 | 39% |
| 11 years or more | 779 | 5.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 9.25, -69.25 and holds 25% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3,220 | 3,407 |
| 2013 | 5,850 | 6,968 |
| 2014 | 6,450 | 7,924 |
| 2015 | 4,610 | 5,295 |
| 2016 | 5,440 | 6,335 |
| 2017 | 4,240 | 4,828 |
| 2018 | 6,890 | 8,649 |
| 2019 | 7,340 | 9,000 |
| 2020 | 8,490 | 11,107 |
| 2021 | 4,010 | 4,670 |
| 2022 | 6,470 | 7,956 |
| 2023 | 6,520 | 8,127 |
| 2024 | 7,290 | 9,507 |
| 2025 | 5,250 | 6,207 |
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
- 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.