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Wildfires in Ucayali
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 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 23,300 km² of Ucayali at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 7,180 km², ranking 2nd 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 8,920 km² detected; the quietest was 2014, with 5,430 km². The 2021–2025 average is 20% 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 79% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 21 September 2017, with detections in 512 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 23,300 km² with at least one detection, 63% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 5,330 | 23% |
| 2 years | 3,350 | 14% |
| 3 to 5 years | 7,120 | 31% |
| 6 to 10 years | 6,600 | 28% |
| 11 years or more | 897 | 3.9% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -8.75, -75.25 and holds 20% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6,930 | 9,325 |
| 2013 | 6,310 | 7,923 |
| 2014 | 5,430 | 6,358 |
| 2015 | 6,880 | 8,496 |
| 2016 | 6,890 | 8,115 |
| 2017 | 6,590 | 7,853 |
| 2018 | 5,950 | 6,715 |
| 2019 | 8,160 | 10,118 |
| 2020 | 8,430 | 10,019 |
| 2021 | 7,750 | 9,394 |
| 2022 | 8,090 | 10,671 |
| 2023 | 8,030 | 10,471 |
| 2024 | 8,920 | 12,346 |
| 2025 | 6,210 | 7,070 |
Other regions of Peru
- San Martín7,840 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
- 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.