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Wildfires in Valparaíso
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 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 2,940 km² of Valparaíso at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 325 km², ranking 7th 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 2014, with 436 km² detected; the quietest was 2020, with 225 km². The 2021–2025 average is 12% 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.
December, January and February together hold 37% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 3 February 2024, with detections in 115 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 2,940 km² with at least one detection, 11% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,080 | 71% |
| 2 years | 532 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 270 | 9.2% |
| 6 to 10 years | 44 | 1.5% |
| 11 years or more | 13 | 0.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -32.75, -70.75 and holds 41% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 309 | 911 |
| 2013 | 300 | 892 |
| 2014 | 436 | 1,108 |
| 2015 | 242 | 905 |
| 2016 | 400 | 968 |
| 2017 | 425 | 1,084 |
| 2018 | 311 | 919 |
| 2019 | 417 | 1,169 |
| 2020 | 225 | 885 |
| 2021 | 284 | 961 |
| 2022 | 310 | 844 |
| 2023 | 256 | 783 |
| 2024 | 400 | 883 |
| 2025 | 239 | 735 |
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.
Nearby regions
- Región Metropolitana de Santiago55 km
- Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins173 km
- Mendoza, Argentina187 km
- Coquimbo227 km
- San Juan, Argentina260 km
- Maule346 km