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Wildfires in Ica
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 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 1,980 km² of Ica at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 305 km², ranking 21st 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 2025, with 416 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 206 km². The 2021–2025 average is 46% 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.
April, May and June together hold 29% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 17 June 2015, with detections in 12 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,980 km² with at least one detection, 26% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,090 | 55% |
| 2 years | 381 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 years | 376 | 19% |
| 6 to 10 years | 114 | 5.8% |
| 11 years or more | 14 | 0.7% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -13.75, -76.25 and holds 62% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 206 | 330 |
| 2013 | 271 | 454 |
| 2014 | 281 | 453 |
| 2015 | 237 | 380 |
| 2016 | 294 | 421 |
| 2017 | 247 | 375 |
| 2018 | 249 | 403 |
| 2019 | 263 | 401 |
| 2020 | 344 | 479 |
| 2021 | 380 | 586 |
| 2022 | 361 | 761 |
| 2023 | 346 | 710 |
| 2024 | 375 | 731 |
| 2025 | 416 | 803 |
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
- Huancavelica232 km
- Ayacucho292 km
- Junín322 km
- Apurímac324 km
- Lima371 km
- Cusco Departament414 km