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Wildfires in Cajamarca
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 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 13,900 km² of Cajamarca at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,890 km², ranking 9th of 26 regions of Peru.
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 2016, with 3,390 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 867 km². The 2021–2025 average is 6.1% 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.
September, October and November together hold 62% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 20 November 2016, with detections in 326 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 13,900 km² with at least one detection, 23% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 7,240 | 52% |
| 2 years | 3,500 | 25% |
| 3 to 5 years | 2,820 | 20% |
| 6 to 10 years | 322 | 2.3% |
| 11 years or more | 7.4 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -5.25, -78.75 and holds 15% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,800 | 1,617 |
| 2013 | 1,700 | 1,541 |
| 2014 | 1,500 | 1,328 |
| 2015 | 1,970 | 1,779 |
| 2016 | 3,390 | 3,373 |
| 2017 | 1,100 | 959 |
| 2018 | 1,490 | 1,322 |
| 2019 | 1,060 | 930 |
| 2020 | 2,750 | 2,590 |
| 2021 | 867 | 755 |
| 2022 | 2,520 | 2,411 |
| 2023 | 1,870 | 1,731 |
| 2024 | 3,360 | 3,205 |
| 2025 | 1,090 | 957 |
Other regions of Peru
- San Martín7,840 km² in an average year
- Ucayali7,180 km² in an average year
- Huanuco5,660 km² in an average year
- Loreto5,240 km² in an average year
- Junín3,900 km² in an average year
- Madre de Dios2,920 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
- Amazonas78 km
- Zamora Chinchipe, Ecuador78 km
- Loja, Ecuador199 km
- Lambayeque200 km
- Piura228 km
- La Libertad229 km