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Wildfires in Dominican Republic
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 06:20 UTC
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- Valverde1 fire
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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 2026-09-21
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 26,070 km² of Dominican Republic at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 4,930 km², ranking 81st of 200 countries.
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 2013, with 6,850 km² detected; the quietest was 2017, with 3,250 km². The 2021–2025 average is 20% 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.
February, March and April together hold 49% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 27 March 2023, with detections in 213 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 26,070 km² with at least one detection, 39% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 10,200 | 39% |
| 2 years | 5,770 | 22% |
| 3 to 5 years | 7,450 | 29% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2,500 | 10% |
| 11 years or more | 154 | 0.6% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 18.25, -71.25 and holds 9.1% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5,530 | 6,555 |
| 2013 | 6,850 | 8,554 |
| 2014 | 6,220 | 7,204 |
| 2015 | 6,480 | 7,650 |
| 2016 | 3,660 | 4,263 |
| 2017 | 3,250 | 3,839 |
| 2018 | 4,360 | 5,078 |
| 2019 | 4,800 | 5,825 |
| 2020 | 4,820 | 5,795 |
| 2021 | 4,470 | 5,579 |
| 2022 | 3,830 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 6,220 | 7,718 |
| 2024 | 4,130 | 4,522 |
| 2025 | 4,360 | 4,989 |
Nearby countries
- Mexico139,170 km² in an average year
- United States133,530 km² in an average year
- Canada57,580 km² in an average year
- Honduras25,150 km² in an average year
- Nicaragua20,510 km² in an average year
- Guatemala19,060 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 countries
- Haiti153 km
- Turks and Caicos Islands402 km
- Puerto Rico527 km
- Jamaica636 km
- British Virgin Islands686 km
- United States Virgin Islands689 km
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What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
