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Wildfires in Santa Cruz
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 08:29 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 211,330 km² of Santa Cruz at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 39,610 km², ranking 1st 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 2024, with 102,980 km² detected; the quietest was 2013, with 20,420 km². The 2021–2025 average is 96% 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 68% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 10 September 2024, with detections in 6,725 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 211,330 km² with at least one detection, 39% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 78,950 | 37% |
| 2 years | 49,840 | 24% |
| 3 to 5 years | 62,870 | 30% |
| 6 to 10 years | 19,020 | 9.0% |
| 11 years or more | 649 | 0.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -16.25, -61.75 and holds 3.7% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 26,000 | 35,609 |
| 2013 | 20,420 | 26,471 |
| 2014 | 20,530 | 28,903 |
| 2015 | 25,490 | 39,632 |
| 2016 | 37,430 | 65,754 |
| 2017 | 28,830 | 52,541 |
| 2018 | 32,040 | 53,821 |
| 2019 | 62,590 | 114,222 |
| 2020 | 47,100 | 78,603 |
| 2021 | 49,450 | 86,674 |
| 2022 | 44,100 | 87,879 |
| 2023 | 35,170 | 67,474 |
| 2024 | 102,980 | 220,154 |
| 2025 | 22,480 | 36,699 |
Other regions of Bolivia
- 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
- Tarija1,370 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
- Cochabamba377 km
- El Beni386 km
- Potosí537 km
- Alto Paraguay, Paraguay546 km
- Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil552 km
- Chuquisaca565 km