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Wildfires in Santiago del Estero
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 09:19 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 47,410 km² of Santiago del Estero at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 7,400 km², ranking 5th 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 2020, with 11,960 km² detected; the quietest was 2023, with 4,340 km². The 2021–2025 average is 16% 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.
August, September and October together hold 65% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 20 September 2017, with detections in 669 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 47,410 km² with at least one detection, 30% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 22,290 | 47% |
| 2 years | 10,910 | 23% |
| 3 to 5 years | 11,820 | 25% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2,360 | 5.0% |
| 11 years or more | 32 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -27.75, -64.25 and holds 5.8% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 8,430 | 11,762 |
| 2013 | 8,420 | 12,653 |
| 2014 | 4,960 | 6,777 |
| 2015 | 6,850 | 8,626 |
| 2016 | 8,600 | 10,921 |
| 2017 | 9,060 | 10,896 |
| 2018 | 6,200 | 8,047 |
| 2019 | 7,660 | 9,502 |
| 2020 | 11,960 | 16,202 |
| 2021 | 7,920 | 10,596 |
| 2022 | 7,890 | 10,954 |
| 2023 | 4,340 | 6,262 |
| 2024 | 4,890 | 7,058 |
| 2025 | 6,430 | 9,347 |
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
- Salta4,340 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.