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Wildfires in Loreto
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 25,300 km² of Loreto at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 5,240 km², ranking 4th 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 2024, with 7,350 km² detected; the quietest was 2014, with 3,730 km². The 2021–2025 average is 16% 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 74% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 24 September 2024, with detections in 409 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 25,300 km² with at least one detection, 40% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 10,130 | 40% |
| 2 years | 4,950 | 20% |
| 3 to 5 years | 6,520 | 26% |
| 6 to 10 years | 3,360 | 13% |
| 11 years or more | 345 | 1.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -5.75, -76.25 and holds 14% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5,810 | 6,698 |
| 2013 | 4,550 | 4,850 |
| 2014 | 3,730 | 3,893 |
| 2015 | 4,790 | 5,315 |
| 2016 | 5,600 | 6,234 |
| 2017 | 4,890 | 5,183 |
| 2018 | 4,510 | 4,805 |
| 2019 | 4,620 | 5,071 |
| 2020 | 6,400 | 7,056 |
| 2021 | 4,870 | 5,312 |
| 2022 | 6,200 | 7,035 |
| 2023 | 6,250 | 7,900 |
| 2024 | 7,350 | 9,303 |
| 2025 | 3,850 | 4,000 |
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
- Junín3,900 km² in an average year
- Madre de Dios2,920 km² in an average year
- Cusco Departament2,430 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
- San Martín175 km
- Amazonas221 km
- Cajamarca282 km
- Zamora Chinchipe, Ecuador350 km
- Ucayali351 km
- La Libertad371 km