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Wildfires in Potosí
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 11:26 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 5,850 km² of Potosí at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 510 km², ranking 8th of 9 regions of Bolivia.
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 2023, with 841 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 248 km². The 2021–2025 average is 53% 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.
August, September and October together hold 51% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 24 June 2020, with detections in 63 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 5,850 km² with at least one detection, 3.9% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 4,860 | 83% |
| 2 years | 759 | 13% |
| 3 to 5 years | 219 | 3.8% |
| 6 to 10 years | 8.2 | 0.1% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -19.75, -65.25 and holds 10% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 298 | 263 |
| 2013 | 429 | 386 |
| 2014 | 482 | 429 |
| 2015 | 463 | 410 |
| 2016 | 514 | 462 |
| 2017 | 296 | 262 |
| 2018 | 248 | 217 |
| 2019 | 397 | 348 |
| 2020 | 682 | 615 |
| 2021 | 598 | 539 |
| 2022 | 840 | 767 |
| 2023 | 841 | 757 |
| 2024 | 543 | 490 |
| 2025 | 513 | 457 |
Other regions of Bolivia
- Santa Cruz39,610 km² in an average year
- El Beni33,690 km² in an average year
- La Paz6,540 km² in an average year
- Cochabamba4,120 km² in an average year
- Pando2,440 km² in an average year
- Chuquisaca1,830 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
- Chuquisaca152 km
- Tarija304 km
- Cochabamba333 km
- Oruro386 km
- Salta, Argentina402 km
- Jujuy, Argentina447 km