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Sáric fire, May 2016 Mexico

Out · last detection 7 May 2016, 20:44 UTC

The fire started on 6 May 2016 in Sáric, Mexico, and satellites saw it burning for 2 days. Copernicus’s global GWIS system rebuilt a burnt perimeter of 1,694 hectares from heat detections, spread across a single municipality.

It is the 77th largest in Sonora since 2016 (of 93 with a page). Number 163 in Mexico in 2016, of 208.

Burnt area
1,694ha
GWIS perimeter (Copernicus)
Duration
2days
6 May 2016 – 7 May 2016
Municipalities hit
0
municipalities
Started on
6 May
2016
Heat detections
43
in a single hotspot: 105 MW
Danger at start
62
Extreme · FWI index
Energy released
957MW
sum of detected power

Where it burned

7 May 2016
HOTSPOTS BY DAY 6 May7 May

How it evolved, day by day

67

Fire radiative power detected each day, in megawatts, and number of hotspots. The magenta bar marks the peak day.

The weather it burned in

22°high
57km/h · peak gust
18%lowest humidity

It had gone 25 days without rain (1 mm or more) when it started.

This area had burned before

No earlier perimeters overlap this fire since 2016, when the satellite record begins.

The weather day by day

ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis at the fire location, the standard reference for past weather, and the Canadian Fire Weather Index (the same system Copernicus uses), computed by WorldFires from that data. Days after the fire run until the first rain.

Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0) · Copernicus Climate Change Service (ERA5)

Day High Min. humidity Peak gust Rain Danger (FWI)
6 May 21.2 °C 18 % 57 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 62
7 May 22.2 °C 19 % 42 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 48
8 May after 21.0 °C 24 % 37 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 43
9 May after 25.0 °C 17 % 35 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 40
10 May after 28.1 °C 14 % 38 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 47
11 May after 30.6 °C 10 % 27 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 44
12 May after 33.6 °C 7 % 34 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 57
13 May after 33.6 °C 10 % 46 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 65
14 May after 32.3 °C 15 % 53 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 70
15 May after 30.2 °C 10 % 62 km/h 0.0 mm Very extreme 78
16 May after 28.1 °C 16 % 56 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 68
17 May after 26.8 °C 22 % 53 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 59

Before and after, from space

Drag the line to compare the same ground before the fire and after it.

Before · 29 Apr 2016
After · 14 May 2016

If the day is cloudy, change the date: each satellite passes once a day. In false colour the burnt ground looks brown or red.

Detections table · 43Every satellite heat detection, one by one, with time, satellite, power and coordinates.
⬇ Download CSV Times in UTC. Each detection is a 375 m pixel: a large fire yields hundreds per pass.
Date and timeSatelliteFRP (MW)LatLon

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Frequently asked questions

How long did the Sáric fire last?
GWIS (Copernicus) dates it between 6 May 2016 and 7 May 2016: 2 days between the first and last heat detection of the perimeter.
How much area did it burn?
The perimeter GWIS (Copernicus) rebuilt from heat detections is 1,694 hectares (16.9 km²). It is an estimate: official national figures may differ.
What was the weather like?
During the fire the temperature reached 22.2 °C, humidity dropped to 18 % and gusts hit 57 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 62, class Extreme.
Where does this data come from?
From the GWIS (Copernicus) burnt perimeter, NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots and the administrative boundaries of Mexico (geoBoundaries). It is not an official report.

Where to verify it

A satellite detection is not an official report. Final figures and the fire’s status are published by each country’s emergency service.

Emergency number: 911

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Where this data comes from

The perimeter comes from the Copernicus Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS), which rebuilds it from MODIS and VIIRS heat detections and publishes it under CC BY 4.0. It is not measured on imagery as in Europe, so it is an estimate. Heat detections come from the VIIRS sensors aboard Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20, distributed by NASA FIRMS at 375 m resolution. Municipal boundaries come from geoBoundaries ADM2 (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)). The area per municipality is computed by WorldFires by crossing the perimeter with those boundaries, so it may differ from each country’s official figure.