Sáric fire, June 2017 Mexico
The fire started on 26 June 2017 in Sáric, Mexico, and satellites saw it burning for 2 days. Copernicus’s global GWIS system rebuilt a burnt perimeter of 1,692 hectares from heat detections, spread across a single municipality.
It is the 79th largest in Sonora since 2016 (of 93 with a page). Number 310 in Mexico in 2017, of 375.
- Burnt area
- 1,692ha
- GWIS perimeter (Copernicus)
- Duration
- 2days
- 26 Jun 2017 – 27 Jun 2017
- Municipalities hit
- 0
- municipalities
- Started on
- 26 Jun
- 2017
- Heat detections
- 38
- in a single hotspot: 38 MW
- Danger at start
- 47
- Very high · FWI index
- Energy released
- 373MW
- sum of detected power
Where it burned
How it evolved, day by day
Fire radiative power detected each day, in megawatts, and number of hotspots. The magenta bar marks the peak day.
The weather it burned in
It had gone more than two months without rain (1 mm or more) when it started. Rain came after the fire: 1.1 mm on 3 Jul.
This area had burned before
1% of the perimeter overlaps earlier fires recorded since 2016: 13 ha in 2016. Part of it burned more than once, so the yearly figures add up to more than the 12 ha that had burned before.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Jun | 37.0 °C | 15 % | 38 km/h | 2.0 mm | Very high 47 |
| 27 Jun | 37.2 °C | 12 % | 45 km/h | 0.0 mm | Extreme 66 |
| 28 Jun after | 36.2 °C | 18 % | 47 km/h | 0.0 mm | Extreme 62 |
| 29 Jun after | 35.6 °C | 10 % | 49 km/h | 0.0 mm | Extreme 66 |
| 30 Jun after | 37.1 °C | 4 % | 42 km/h | 0.0 mm | Extreme 66 |
| 1 Jul after | 37.3 °C | 6 % | 50 km/h | 0.0 mm | Very extreme 74 |
| 2 Jul after | 36.2 °C | 21 % | 41 km/h | 0.0 mm | Extreme 59 |
| 3 Jul after | 33.4 °C | 28 % | 48 km/h | 1.1 mm | Very high 38 |
Before and after, from space
Drag the line to compare the same ground before the fire and after it.
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 · 38Every satellite heat detection, one by one, with time, satellite, power and coordinates.
| Date and time | Satellite | FRP (MW) | Lat | Lon |
|---|
Other fires nearby
- 4,410 haSáricJune 2016 · 6 days · 17 km away
- 4,484 haBeehive Santa CruzJuly 2023 · 1 day · 19 km away
- 6,866 haTonto Canyon Santa CruzJune 2022 · 1 day · 26 km away
- 4,460 haLa Sierra Santa CruzMay 2016 · 1 day · 29 km away
- 4,242 haAlamo Santa CruzJune 2021 · 1 day · 29 km away
- 6,429 haAltarOctober 2020 · 5 days · 31 km away
Frequently asked questions
- How long did the Sáric fire last?
- GWIS (Copernicus) dates it between 26 June 2017 and 27 June 2017: 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 1,692 hectares (16.9 km²). It is an estimate: official national figures may differ.
- What was the weather like?
- During the fire the temperature reached 37.2 °C, humidity dropped to 12 % and gusts hit 45 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 66, 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.