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Wildfires in Salta
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 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 32,300 km² of Salta at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 4,340 km², ranking 6th 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 2013, with 8,610 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 2,420 km². The 2021–2025 average is 23% lower 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 65% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 9 October 2013, with detections in 750 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 32,300 km² with at least one detection, 21% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 17,650 | 55% |
| 2 years | 7,950 | 25% |
| 3 to 5 years | 5,810 | 18% |
| 6 to 10 years | 838 | 2.6% |
| 11 years or more | 44 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -23.25, -64.25 and holds 10% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5,660 | 11,261 |
| 2013 | 8,610 | 18,636 |
| 2014 | 3,340 | 5,174 |
| 2015 | 3,040 | 5,118 |
| 2016 | 4,340 | 6,676 |
| 2017 | 3,990 | 5,529 |
| 2018 | 2,990 | 4,203 |
| 2019 | 3,840 | 5,343 |
| 2020 | 5,750 | 9,105 |
| 2021 | 3,650 | 5,002 |
| 2022 | 7,220 | 16,230 |
| 2023 | 2,490 | 3,638 |
| 2024 | 2,420 | 3,421 |
| 2025 | 3,410 | 5,197 |
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
- Entre Ríos3,570 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
- Jujuy75 km
- Tarija, Bolivia195 km
- Chuquisaca, Bolivia277 km
- Boquerón, Paraguay327 km
- Potosí, Bolivia402 km
- Chaco450 km