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Wildfires in Distrito Federal
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 12:28 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 4,060 km² of Distrito Federal at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 831 km², ranking 27th of 27 regions of Brazil.
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 2014, with 1,140 km² detected; the quietest was 2023, with 396 km². The 2021–2025 average is 5.5% 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.
July, August and September together hold 69% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 12 September 2021, with detections in 82 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 4,060 km² with at least one detection, 45% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,320 | 32% |
| 2 years | 896 | 22% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,370 | 34% |
| 6 to 10 years | 469 | 12% |
| 11 years or more | 7.2 | 0.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -15.75, -47.75 and holds 55% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 875 | 1,119 |
| 2013 | 578 | 779 |
| 2014 | 1,140 | 1,412 |
| 2015 | 760 | 950 |
| 2016 | 971 | 1,082 |
| 2017 | 1,080 | 1,200 |
| 2018 | 457 | 477 |
| 2019 | 887 | 991 |
| 2020 | 793 | 926 |
| 2021 | 1,020 | 1,248 |
| 2022 | 998 | 1,195 |
| 2023 | 396 | 489 |
| 2024 | 941 | 1,064 |
| 2025 | 737 | 868 |
Other regions of Brazil
- Pará102,950 km² in an average year
- Maranhão74,700 km² in an average year
- Mato Grosso70,190 km² in an average year
- Tocantins52,480 km² in an average year
- Piauí37,190 km² in an average year
- Bahia36,820 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
- Goiás123 km
- Bahia568 km
- Mato Grosso613 km
- Tocantins618 km
- Minas Gerais698 km
- São Paulo840 km