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Wildfires in Puerto Rico
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 2026-09-21
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 1,500 km² of Puerto Rico at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 204 km², ranking 150th of 200 countries.
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 2013, with 377 km² detected; the quietest was 2016, with 85 km². The 2021–2025 average is 54% 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.
February, March and April together hold 52% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 7 February 2013, with detections in 19 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,500 km² with at least one detection, 22% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 883 | 59% |
| 2 years | 288 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 years | 272 | 18% |
| 6 to 10 years | 54 | 3.6% |
| 11 years or more | 1.2 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 18.25, -66.25 and holds 29% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 264 | 274 |
| 2013 | 377 | 392 |
| 2014 | 333 | 359 |
| 2015 | 324 | 362 |
| 2016 | 85 | 117 |
| 2017 | 171 | 192 |
| 2018 | 217 | 224 |
| 2019 | 316 | 344 |
| 2020 | 127 | 150 |
| 2021 | 158 | 168 |
| 2022 | 111 | 113 |
| 2023 | 166 | 189 |
| 2024 | 111 | 150 |
| 2025 | 97 | 115 |
Nearby countries
- Mexico139,170 km² in an average year
- United States133,530 km² in an average year
- Canada57,580 km² in an average year
- Honduras25,150 km² in an average year
- Nicaragua20,510 km² in an average year
- Guatemala19,060 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 countries
- British Virgin Islands158 km
- United States Virgin Islands168 km
- Saint Kitts and Nevis386 km
- Antigua and Barbuda489 km
- Dominican Republic527 km
- Dominica628 km
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What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
