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Wildfires in Madre de Dios
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 07:28 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 9,730 km² of Madre de Dios at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 2,920 km², ranking 6th 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 3,980 km² detected; the quietest was 2014, with 2,160 km². The 2021–2025 average is 37% 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 86% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 14 September 2024, with detections in 302 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 9,730 km² with at least one detection, 58% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,700 | 28% |
| 2 years | 1,430 | 15% |
| 3 to 5 years | 2,610 | 27% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2,460 | 25% |
| 11 years or more | 530 | 5.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -12.25, -69.25 and holds 17% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,580 | 3,343 |
| 2013 | 2,190 | 2,512 |
| 2014 | 2,160 | 2,483 |
| 2015 | 2,230 | 2,724 |
| 2016 | 2,930 | 3,931 |
| 2017 | 2,570 | 3,148 |
| 2018 | 2,570 | 3,113 |
| 2019 | 3,190 | 4,269 |
| 2020 | 3,870 | 5,008 |
| 2021 | 3,370 | 4,468 |
| 2022 | 3,210 | 3,930 |
| 2023 | 3,420 | 4,420 |
| 2024 | 3,980 | 6,053 |
| 2025 | 2,610 | 2,919 |
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
- 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
- Pando, Bolivia123 km
- Acre, Brazil166 km
- Puno222 km
- Cusco Departament380 km
- La Paz, Bolivia444 km
- Apurímac464 km