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Wildfires in Brokopondo
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 11:24 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 1,620 km² of Brokopondo at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 287 km², ranking 3rd of 10 regions of Suriname.
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 2023, with 554 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 122 km². The 2021–2025 average is 10% 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.
September, October and November together hold 89% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 8 October 2023, with detections in 41 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,620 km² with at least one detection, 34% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 730 | 45% |
| 2 years | 348 | 21% |
| 3 to 5 years | 390 | 24% |
| 6 to 10 years | 143 | 8.8% |
| 11 years or more | 9.9 | 0.6% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 4.75, -55.25 and holds 52% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 335 | 380 |
| 2013 | 140 | 146 |
| 2014 | 252 | 256 |
| 2015 | 314 | 345 |
| 2016 | 362 | 373 |
| 2017 | 172 | 160 |
| 2018 | 286 | 301 |
| 2019 | 302 | 318 |
| 2020 | 319 | 349 |
| 2021 | 122 | 115 |
| 2022 | 226 | 202 |
| 2023 | 554 | 731 |
| 2024 | 399 | 511 |
| 2025 | 241 | 247 |
Other regions of Suriname
- Sipaliwini621 km² in an average year
- Nickerie388 km² in an average year
- Marowijne226 km² in an average year
- Para181 km² in an average year
- Coronie72 km² in an average year
- Saramacca68 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.