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Wildfires in Pedernales
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 893 km² of Pedernales at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 202 km², ranking 8th 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 348 km² detected; the quietest was 2016, with 116 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.
April, May and June together hold 41% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 10 January 2022, with detections in 20 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 893 km² with at least one detection, 43% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 325 | 36% |
| 2 years | 184 | 21% |
| 3 to 5 years | 224 | 25% |
| 6 to 10 years | 142 | 16% |
| 11 years or more | 19 | 2.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 17.75, -71.25 and holds 62% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
Show the table
| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 265 | 385 |
| 2013 | 348 | 580 |
| 2014 | 244 | 354 |
| 2015 | 224 | 330 |
| 2016 | 116 | 130 |
| 2017 | 140 | 167 |
| 2018 | 153 | 190 |
| 2019 | 145 | 199 |
| 2020 | 125 | 204 |
| 2021 | 216 | 403 |
| 2022 | 282 | 485 |
| 2023 | 189 | 306 |
| 2024 | 169 | 212 |
| 2025 | 212 | 338 |
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
- Barahona55 km
- Baoruco55 km
- Independencia55 km
- San Juan111 km
- San Cristóbal119 km
- Peravia119 km