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Wildfires in Alto Paraguay
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 37,050 km² of Alto Paraguay at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 5,760 km², ranking 2nd of 18 regions of Paraguay.
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 2024, with 7,870 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 2,370 km². The 2021–2025 average is 12% 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 52% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 9 September 2019, with detections in 442 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 37,050 km² with at least one detection, 30% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 15,600 | 42% |
| 2 years | 10,380 | 28% |
| 3 to 5 years | 9,640 | 26% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,400 | 3.8% |
| 11 years or more | 25 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -20.25, -58.75 and holds 5.8% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6,290 | 10,464 |
| 2013 | 6,710 | 12,041 |
| 2014 | 4,680 | 8,303 |
| 2015 | 5,850 | 9,680 |
| 2016 | 6,310 | 10,075 |
| 2017 | 6,150 | 9,287 |
| 2018 | 3,450 | 5,218 |
| 2019 | 7,550 | 10,565 |
| 2020 | 7,320 | 11,186 |
| 2021 | 6,100 | 8,888 |
| 2022 | 4,610 | 7,412 |
| 2023 | 5,340 | 7,564 |
| 2024 | 7,870 | 11,949 |
| 2025 | 2,370 | 4,012 |
Other regions of Paraguay
- Presidente Hayes12,280 km² in an average year
- San Pedro4,990 km² in an average year
- Boquerón4,870 km² in an average year
- Concepción3,940 km² in an average year
- Caazapá2,500 km² in an average year
- Canindeyú2,480 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
- Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil229 km
- Concepción271 km
- Boquerón341 km
- Presidente Hayes349 km
- Amambay379 km
- San Pedro466 km