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Wildfires in Santiago
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 934 km² of Santiago at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 115 km², ranking 17th 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 2014, with 186 km² detected; the quietest was 2017, with 46 km². The 2021–2025 average is 43% 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 35% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 23 August 2025, with detections in 12 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 934 km² with at least one detection, 16% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 580 | 62% |
| 2 years | 203 | 22% |
| 3 to 5 years | 130 | 14% |
| 6 to 10 years | 16 | 1.7% |
| 11 years or more | 4.7 | 0.5% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 19.25, -70.75 and holds 60% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 180 | 206 |
| 2013 | 164 | 187 |
| 2014 | 186 | 213 |
| 2015 | 168 | 208 |
| 2016 | 86 | 107 |
| 2017 | 46 | 66 |
| 2018 | 118 | 119 |
| 2019 | 122 | 152 |
| 2020 | 99 | 109 |
| 2021 | 103 | 129 |
| 2022 | 85 | 103 |
| 2023 | 91 | 113 |
| 2024 | 64 | 75 |
| 2025 | 102 | 180 |
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
- La Vega52 km
- Duarte52 km
- Santiago Rodríguez52 km
- Azua55 km
- Puerto Plata55 km
- Valverde76 km