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Wildfires in Cusco Departament
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 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 16,980 km² of Cusco Departament at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 2,430 km², ranking 7th 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 2020, with 4,350 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 1,570 km². The 2021–2025 average is 9.5% 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 74% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 28 August 2020, with detections in 167 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 16,980 km² with at least one detection, 22% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 9,500 | 56% |
| 2 years | 3,670 | 22% |
| 3 to 5 years | 2,940 | 17% |
| 6 to 10 years | 836 | 4.9% |
| 11 years or more | 47 | 0.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -12.25, -72.75 and holds 9.4% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,530 | 2,604 |
| 2013 | 1,810 | 1,831 |
| 2014 | 1,990 | 2,054 |
| 2015 | 2,510 | 2,606 |
| 2016 | 3,130 | 3,270 |
| 2017 | 1,910 | 1,978 |
| 2018 | 2,060 | 2,179 |
| 2019 | 2,910 | 3,041 |
| 2020 | 4,350 | 4,758 |
| 2021 | 1,890 | 1,929 |
| 2022 | 3,130 | 3,228 |
| 2023 | 1,840 | 2,020 |
| 2024 | 2,410 | 2,539 |
| 2025 | 1,570 | 1,582 |
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
- Ayacucho121 km
- Apurímac175 km
- Huancavelica217 km
- Junín244 km
- Pasco311 km
- Madre de Dios380 km