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Municipalities that have burned most often in Mexico

Municipalities of Mexico with at least one fire larger than 1,500 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 777. With two or more: 489. Top of the list is Coyuca de Catalán, which has burned 118 times in 11 years, with 414,932 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1Coyuca de CatalánGuerrero118×11 years · 414,932 ha
  2. 2Del NayarNayarit84×11 years · 203,533 ha
  3. 3MezquitalDurango78×10 years · 204,076 ha
  4. 4Ajuchitlán del ProgresoGuerrero68×11 years · 235,811 ha
  5. 5Guadalupe y CalvoChihuahua67×9 years · 158,268 ha
  6. 6TamazulaDurango61×10 years · 176,618 ha
  7. 7Villa CorzoChiapas61×11 years · 137,026 ha
  8. 8Pueblo NuevoDurango60×10 years · 173,206 ha
  9. 9Chilpancingo de los BravoGuerrero58×10 years · 189,240 ha
  10. 10San Miguel TotolapanGuerrero55×10 years · 170,853 ha
  11. 11La YescaNayarit52×10 years · 182,163 ha
  12. 12La ConcordiaChiapas49×11 years · 130,297 ha
  13. 13Carmen43×11 years · 90,066 ha
  14. 14EnsenadaBaja California41×10 years · 169,106 ha
  15. 15HopelchénCampeche40×9 years · 120,486 ha
  16. 16ChampotónCampeche40×10 years · 95,737 ha
  17. 17ZirándaroGuerrero39×11 years · 205,108 ha
  18. 18CintalapaChiapas38×9 years · 78,475 ha
  19. 19Cuautitlán de García BarragánJalisco37×9 years · 86,229 ha
  20. 20PalizadaCampeche37×8 years · 84,366 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1Coyuca de CatalánGuerrero414,932 ha118× · 1.2×
  2. 2MaderaChihuahua271,845 ha33× · 31 %
  3. 3Ajuchitlán del ProgresoGuerrero235,811 ha68× · 1.2×
  4. 4ZirándaroGuerrero205,108 ha39× · 95 %
  5. 5MezquitalDurango204,076 ha78× · 24 %
  6. 6Del NayarNayarit203,533 ha84× · 39 %
  7. 7Chilpancingo de los BravoGuerrero189,240 ha58× · 86 %
  8. 8La YescaNayarit182,163 ha52× · 42 %
  9. 9TamazulaDurango176,618 ha61× · 30 %
  10. 10Pueblo NuevoDurango173,206 ha60× · 25 %
  11. 11San Miguel TotolapanGuerrero170,853 ha55× · 72 %
  12. 12EnsenadaBaja California169,106 ha41× · 3.2 %
  13. 13Guadalupe y CalvoChihuahua158,268 ha67× · 16 %
  14. 14San IgnacioSinaloa155,276 ha36× · 30 %
  15. 15Villa CorzoChiapas137,026 ha61× · 49 %
  16. 16La ConcordiaChiapas130,297 ha49× · 50 %
  17. 17HopelchénCampeche120,486 ha40× · 15 %
  18. 18Coahuayutla de José María IzazagaGuerrero119,251 ha20× · 45 %
  19. 19ChampotónCampeche95,737 ha40× · 14 %
  20. 20Carmen90,066 ha43× · 10 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1Coyuca de CatalánGuerrero1.2×414,932 ha · 3,376 km²
  2. 2Ajuchitlán del ProgresoGuerrero1.2×235,811 ha · 2,005 km²
  3. 3ZirándaroGuerrero95 %205,108 ha · 2,157 km²
  4. 4Reforma de PinedaOaxaca91 %3,035 ha · 33 km²
  5. 5Chilpancingo de los BravoGuerrero86 %189,240 ha · 2,192 km²
  6. 6Santa María ZanizaOaxaca72 %11,401 ha · 158 km²
  7. 7San Miguel TotolapanGuerrero72 %170,853 ha · 2,384 km²
  8. 8TlalchapaGuerrero71 %33,870 ha · 474 km²
  9. 9San Miguel ChimalapaOaxaca71 %83,954 ha · 1,190 km²
  10. 10San Luis AcatlánGuerrero68 %74,929 ha · 1,103 km²
  11. 11Santa María TataltepecOaxaca67 %2,498 ha · 37 km²
  12. 12IgualapaGuerrero67 %13,073 ha · 196 km²
  13. 13Ixtlán del RíoNayarit64 %31,659 ha · 495 km²
  14. 14Cuautitlán de García BarragánJalisco62 %86,229 ha · 1,398 km²
  15. 15MagdalenaJalisco62 %18,141 ha · 295 km²
  16. 16San Juan TeitaOaxaca59 %4,193 ha · 72 km²
  17. 17Juan R. EscuderoGuerrero58 %23,913 ha · 411 km²
  18. 18ChanalChiapas55 %22,631 ha · 408 km²
  19. 19Amatlán de CañasNayarit52 %27,116 ha · 521 km²
  20. 20ZinacantánChiapas52 %10,101 ha · 196 km²

How it is calculated

We count fires larger than 1,500 hectares with a perimeter since 2016 that reached each municipality, even partly. Hectares are those burned inside the municipality and are added fire by fire, so land that burned twice counts twice; that is why the share, given only for municipalities of 10 km² or more, can exceed 100 % (it is then shown as a multiple). It describes what happened: it does not measure risk or say anything about causes.