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Wildfires in Pasco
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 8,830 km² of Pasco at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 2,120 km², ranking 8th 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 2,770 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 1,560 km². The 2021–2025 average is 11% 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 78% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 13 September 2016, with detections in 168 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 8,830 km² with at least one detection, 48% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 3,000 | 34% |
| 2 years | 1,590 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 2,390 | 27% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,730 | 20% |
| 11 years or more | 123 | 1.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -10.25, -74.75 and holds 27% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,470 | 2,777 |
| 2013 | 1,790 | 1,901 |
| 2014 | 2,060 | 2,198 |
| 2015 | 2,140 | 2,330 |
| 2016 | 2,440 | 2,665 |
| 2017 | 1,930 | 2,068 |
| 2018 | 2,130 | 2,376 |
| 2019 | 2,190 | 2,286 |
| 2020 | 2,770 | 3,020 |
| 2021 | 1,710 | 1,789 |
| 2022 | 2,120 | 2,322 |
| 2023 | 2,070 | 2,229 |
| 2024 | 2,240 | 2,306 |
| 2025 | 1,560 | 1,616 |
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
- Junín111 km
- Huanuco166 km
- Ucayali175 km
- Huancavelica222 km
- Ayacucho298 km
- Cusco Departament311 km