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Wildfires in La Rioja
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 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 6,260 km² of La Rioja at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 610 km², ranking 19th of 24 regions of Argentina.
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 2017, with 1,710 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 276 km². The 2021–2025 average is 76% 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.
September, October and November together hold 55% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 13 September 2022, with detections in 120 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 6,260 km² with at least one detection, 7.4% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 4,960 | 79% |
| 2 years | 838 | 13% |
| 3 to 5 years | 398 | 6.4% |
| 6 to 10 years | 62 | 1.0% |
| 11 years or more | 5.4 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -29.25, -67.25 and holds 12% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 276 | 335 |
| 2013 | 317 | 383 |
| 2014 | 315 | 389 |
| 2015 | 435 | 506 |
| 2016 | 611 | 844 |
| 2017 | 1,710 | 2,529 |
| 2018 | 366 | 524 |
| 2019 | 439 | 541 |
| 2020 | 628 | 886 |
| 2021 | 686 | 1,198 |
| 2022 | 918 | 1,236 |
| 2023 | 576 | 851 |
| 2024 | 725 | 1,066 |
| 2025 | 529 | 763 |
Other regions of Argentina
- Santa Fe14,200 km² in an average year
- Formosa11,650 km² in an average year
- Corrientes10,870 km² in an average year
- Chaco8,420 km² in an average year
- Santiago del Estero7,400 km² in an average year
- Salta4,340 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
- Catamarca224 km
- San Juan294 km
- Tucumán296 km
- Santiago del Estero337 km
- Atacama, Chile368 km
- Mendoza414 km