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Wildfires in Marowijne
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 08:29 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 1,080 km² of Marowijne at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 226 km², ranking 4th 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 370 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 90 km². The 2021–2025 average is 17% 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.
September, October and November together hold 89% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 12 October 2013, with detections in 33 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,080 km² with at least one detection, 45% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 379 | 35% |
| 2 years | 208 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 years | 350 | 33% |
| 6 to 10 years | 134 | 12% |
| 11 years or more | 3.7 | 0.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 5.75, -54.25 and holds 67% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 242 | 248 |
| 2013 | 189 | 189 |
| 2014 | 239 | 262 |
| 2015 | 324 | 356 |
| 2016 | 301 | 326 |
| 2017 | 134 | 127 |
| 2018 | 197 | 197 |
| 2019 | 242 | 244 |
| 2020 | 212 | 212 |
| 2021 | 90 | 82 |
| 2022 | 141 | 131 |
| 2023 | 370 | 438 |
| 2024 | 278 | 324 |
| 2025 | 202 | 214 |
Other regions of Suriname
- Sipaliwini621 km² in an average year
- Nickerie388 km² in an average year
- Brokopondo287 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.
Nearby regions
- French Guiana, France55 km
- Para123 km
- Brokopondo156 km
- Saramacca165 km
- Sipaliwini200 km
- Coronie221 km