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Wildfires in Piura
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 8,650 km² of Piura at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,470 km², ranking 10th 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 2016, with 1,950 km² detected; the quietest was 2015, with 1,100 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of 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.
November, December and January together hold 42% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 21 November 2016, with detections in 120 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 8,650 km² with at least one detection, 31% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 4,060 | 47% |
| 2 years | 1,890 | 22% |
| 3 to 5 years | 2,020 | 23% |
| 6 to 10 years | 620 | 7.2% |
| 11 years or more | 72 | 0.8% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -4.75, -80.75 and holds 20% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,390 | 1,435 |
| 2013 | 1,500 | 1,637 |
| 2014 | 1,240 | 1,313 |
| 2015 | 1,100 | 1,220 |
| 2016 | 1,950 | 2,201 |
| 2017 | 1,510 | 1,492 |
| 2018 | 1,680 | 1,839 |
| 2019 | 1,190 | 1,271 |
| 2020 | 1,870 | 2,025 |
| 2021 | 1,190 | 1,330 |
| 2022 | 1,360 | 1,443 |
| 2023 | 1,450 | 1,637 |
| 2024 | 1,790 | 1,999 |
| 2025 | 1,390 | 1,706 |
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
- Loja, Ecuador78 km
- El Oro, Ecuador124 km
- Tumbes124 km
- Zamora Chinchipe, Ecuador166 km
- Cajamarca228 km
- Azuay, Ecuador235 km