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Wildfires in La Vega
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 10:27 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 914 km² of La Vega at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 121 km², ranking 15th 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 2015, with 260 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 42 km². The 2021–2025 average is 51% 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.
July, August and September together hold 39% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 27 July 2014, with detections in 34 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 914 km² with at least one detection, 18% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 575 | 63% |
| 2 years | 175 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 years | 123 | 13% |
| 6 to 10 years | 38 | 4.1% |
| 11 years or more | 3.5 | 0.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 19.25, -70.25 and holds 41% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 114 | 114 |
| 2013 | 118 | 128 |
| 2014 | 252 | 304 |
| 2015 | 260 | 327 |
| 2016 | 89 | 92 |
| 2017 | 63 | 63 |
| 2018 | 125 | 129 |
| 2019 | 149 | 174 |
| 2020 | 118 | 123 |
| 2021 | 89 | 100 |
| 2022 | 42 | 38 |
| 2023 | 142 | 215 |
| 2024 | 60 | 69 |
| 2025 | 74 | 75 |
Other regions of Dominican Republic
- San Juan559 km² in an average year
- Azua350 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
- 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
- Duarte0 km
- Samaná52 km
- Santiago52 km
- María Trinidad Sánchez52 km
- Sánchez Ramírez55 km
- Monseñor Nouel55 km