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Wildfires in Arica y Parinacota
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 13:28 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 677 km² of Arica y Parinacota at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 61 km², ranking 14th of 16 regions of Chile.
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 92 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 33 km². The 2021–2025 average is 40% 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 45% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 13 October 2025, with detections in 11 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 677 km² with at least one detection, 7.1% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 563 | 83% |
| 2 years | 66 | 10% |
| 3 to 5 years | 46 | 6.8% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2.4 | 0.4% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -18.75, -69.25 and holds 42% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 33 | 28 |
| 2013 | 56 | 49 |
| 2014 | 70 | 67 |
| 2015 | 50 | 44 |
| 2016 | 60 | 52 |
| 2017 | 47 | 43 |
| 2018 | 47 | 40 |
| 2019 | 49 | 44 |
| 2020 | 62 | 61 |
| 2021 | 66 | 59 |
| 2022 | 85 | 75 |
| 2023 | 92 | 95 |
| 2024 | 64 | 64 |
| 2025 | 73 | 84 |
Other regions of Chile
- La Araucanía2,380 km² in an average year
- Biobío1,440 km² in an average year
- Maule1,420 km² in an average year
- Ñuble1,260 km² in an average year
- Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins690 km² in an average year
- Región Metropolitana de Santiago445 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.