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Wildfires in Saint Catherine
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 06:20 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 586 km² of Saint Catherine at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 123 km², ranking 2nd of 14 regions of Jamaica.
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 186 km² detected; the quietest was 2016, with 65 km². The 2021–2025 average is 25% 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.
February, March and April together hold 46% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 15 April 2018, with detections in 10 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 586 km² with at least one detection, 38% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 240 | 41% |
| 2 years | 122 | 21% |
| 3 to 5 years | 127 | 22% |
| 6 to 10 years | 86 | 15% |
| 11 years or more | 9.4 | 1.6% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 17.75, -77.25 and holds 38% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 116 | 130 |
| 2013 | 186 | 230 |
| 2014 | 178 | 219 |
| 2015 | 139 | 157 |
| 2016 | 65 | 98 |
| 2017 | 104 | 157 |
| 2018 | 134 | 186 |
| 2019 | 140 | 177 |
| 2020 | 147 | 171 |
| 2021 | 84 | 113 |
| 2022 | 100 | 111 |
| 2023 | 104 | 107 |
| 2024 | 110 | 116 |
| 2025 | 118 | 127 |
Other regions of Jamaica
- Clarendon128 km² in an average year
- Westmoreland90 km² in an average year
- Saint Elizabeth86 km² in an average year
- Saint Thomas68 km² in an average year
- Saint Ann63 km² in an average year
- Manchester49 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
- Clarendon0 km
- Saint Elizabeth76 km
- Westmoreland119 km
- Granma, Cuba282 km
- Santiago de Cuba, Cuba319 km
- Grand'Anse, Haiti322 km