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Wildfires in Isla de la Juventud
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 1,230 km² of Isla de la Juventud at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 301 km², ranking 15th of 16 regions of Cuba.
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 2017, with 548 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 160 km². The 2021–2025 average is 52% 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.
February, March and April together hold 71% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 14 April 2017, with detections in 36 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,230 km² with at least one detection, 62% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 244 | 20% |
| 2 years | 228 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 569 | 46% |
| 6 to 10 years | 191 | 15% |
| 11 years or more | 3.4 | 0.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 21.75, -82.75 and holds 92% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 160 | 156 |
| 2013 | 305 | 315 |
| 2014 | 237 | 256 |
| 2015 | 265 | 282 |
| 2016 | 184 | 182 |
| 2017 | 548 | 609 |
| 2018 | 219 | 235 |
| 2019 | 170 | 159 |
| 2020 | 378 | 410 |
| 2021 | 176 | 182 |
| 2022 | 359 | 411 |
| 2023 | 411 | 458 |
| 2024 | 407 | 469 |
| 2025 | 395 | 437 |
Other regions of Cuba
- Camagüey2,890 km² in an average year
- Granma1,690 km² in an average year
- Matanzas1,630 km² in an average year
- Ciego de Ávila1,370 km² in an average year
- Pinar del Río1,120 km² in an average year
- Cienfuegos996 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
- Artemisa111 km
- Pinar del Río122 km
- Mayabeque122 km
- Havana174 km
- Matanzas190 km
- Cienfuegos263 km