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Wildfires in Nickerie
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 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 1,230 km² of Nickerie at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 388 km², ranking 2nd 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 2024, with 826 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 162 km². The 2021–2025 average is 7.3% 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 46% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 2 April 2024, with detections in 118 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,230 km² with at least one detection, 59% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 362 | 30% |
| 2 years | 140 | 11% |
| 3 to 5 years | 245 | 20% |
| 6 to 10 years | 436 | 36% |
| 11 years or more | 41 | 3.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 5.75, -56.75 and holds 81% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 364 | 466 |
| 2013 | 297 | 310 |
| 2014 | 390 | 458 |
| 2015 | 500 | 642 |
| 2016 | 364 | 473 |
| 2017 | 303 | 339 |
| 2018 | 336 | 391 |
| 2019 | 445 | 583 |
| 2020 | 381 | 523 |
| 2021 | 176 | 191 |
| 2022 | 162 | 158 |
| 2023 | 613 | 1,037 |
| 2024 | 826 | 2,123 |
| 2025 | 277 | 310 |
Other regions of Suriname
- Sipaliwini621 km² in an average year
- Brokopondo287 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.
Nearby regions
- Coronie55 km
- Mahaica-Berbice, Guyana78 km
- Saramacca110 km
- Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Guyana110 km
- Para175 km
- East Berbice-Corentyne, Guyana199 km