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Wildfires in Huancavelica
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 09:19 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 4,320 km² of Huancavelica at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 475 km², ranking 18th 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 1,100 km² detected; the quietest was 2017, with 226 km². The 2021–2025 average is 9.2% 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.
August, September and October together hold 63% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 24 November 2020, with detections in 66 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 4,320 km² with at least one detection, 13% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,820 | 65% |
| 2 years | 946 | 22% |
| 3 to 5 years | 528 | 12% |
| 6 to 10 years | 25 | 0.6% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -12.25, -74.75 and holds 45% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 366 | 329 |
| 2013 | 227 | 196 |
| 2014 | 306 | 268 |
| 2015 | 475 | 430 |
| 2016 | 764 | 733 |
| 2017 | 226 | 207 |
| 2018 | 298 | 263 |
| 2019 | 557 | 515 |
| 2020 | 1,100 | 1,034 |
| 2021 | 337 | 294 |
| 2022 | 782 | 709 |
| 2023 | 285 | 251 |
| 2024 | 588 | 516 |
| 2025 | 343 | 299 |
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.