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Wildfires in Azua
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 1,720 km² of Azua at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 350 km², ranking 2nd of 32 regions of Dominican Republic.
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 505 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 242 km². The 2021–2025 average is 17% 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 57% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 16 March 2013, with detections in 29 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,720 km² with at least one detection, 48% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 494 | 29% |
| 2 years | 398 | 23% |
| 3 to 5 years | 664 | 39% |
| 6 to 10 years | 154 | 9.0% |
| 11 years or more | 5.8 | 0.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 18.75, -70.75 and holds 68% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 438 | 515 |
| 2013 | 505 | 716 |
| 2014 | 420 | 470 |
| 2015 | 378 | 427 |
| 2016 | 284 | 306 |
| 2017 | 262 | 276 |
| 2018 | 345 | 369 |
| 2019 | 270 | 285 |
| 2020 | 321 | 324 |
| 2021 | 385 | 442 |
| 2022 | 242 | 261 |
| 2023 | 366 | 425 |
| 2024 | 277 | 310 |
| 2025 | 403 | 434 |
Other regions of Dominican Republic
- San Juan559 km² in an average year
- La Estrelleta346 km² in an average year
- Monte Plata299 km² in an average year
- Barahona285 km² in an average year
- Monte Cristi273 km² in an average year
- Baoruco245 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
- San Juan52 km
- Sánchez Ramírez52 km
- Monseñor Nouel52 km
- Santiago55 km
- La Vega76 km
- Duarte76 km