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Wildfires in Monte Cristi
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 09:19 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 1,250 km² of Monte Cristi at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 273 km², ranking 6th 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 345 km² detected; the quietest was 2016, with 172 km². The 2021–2025 average is 11% 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.
August, September and October together hold 43% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 7 October 2014, with detections in 15 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,250 km² with at least one detection, 43% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 430 | 34% |
| 2 years | 286 | 23% |
| 3 to 5 years | 343 | 27% |
| 6 to 10 years | 170 | 14% |
| 11 years or more | 22 | 1.8% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 19.75, -71.75 and holds 53% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
Show the table
| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 327 | 392 |
| 2013 | 345 | 450 |
| 2014 | 327 | 501 |
| 2015 | 298 | 364 |
| 2016 | 172 | 199 |
| 2017 | 226 | 280 |
| 2018 | 336 | 406 |
| 2019 | 220 | 265 |
| 2020 | 268 | 355 |
| 2021 | 243 | 307 |
| 2022 | 248 | 294 |
| 2023 | 267 | 344 |
| 2024 | 236 | 277 |
| 2025 | 315 | 444 |
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
- 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
- Valverde52 km
- La Estrelleta55 km
- Dajabón55 km
- Nord-Est, Haiti55 km
- Santiago Rodríguez76 km
- L'Artibonite, Haiti76 km