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Wildfires in Ouest
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 1,300 km² of Ouest at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 188 km², ranking 4th of 10 regions of Haiti.
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 2023, with 297 km² detected; the quietest was 2019, with 130 km². The 2021–2025 average is 13% higher 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.
January, February and March together hold 58% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 24 February 2023, with detections in 31 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,300 km² with at least one detection, 25% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 714 | 55% |
| 2 years | 262 | 20% |
| 3 to 5 years | 267 | 20% |
| 6 to 10 years | 55 | 4.2% |
| 11 years or more | 3.6 | 0.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 18.75, -72.25 and holds 46% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 214 | 240 |
| 2013 | 243 | 330 |
| 2014 | 149 | 220 |
| 2015 | 189 | 266 |
| 2016 | 133 | 163 |
| 2017 | 170 | 216 |
| 2018 | 173 | 228 |
| 2019 | 130 | 160 |
| 2020 | 176 | 193 |
| 2021 | 154 | 172 |
| 2022 | 134 | 160 |
| 2023 | 297 | 398 |
| 2024 | 178 | 177 |
| 2025 | 284 | 315 |
Other regions of Haiti
- L'Artibonite500 km² in an average year
- Centre482 km² in an average year
- Nord-Est203 km² in an average year
- Grand'Anse94 km² in an average year
- Nord85 km² in an average year
- Sud73 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
- Centre0 km
- L'Artibonite55 km
- Nord55 km
- Nord-Est76 km
- La Estrelleta, Dominican Republic76 km
- Dajabón, Dominican Republic76 km