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Wildfires in Saramacca
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 09:22 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 512 km² of Saramacca at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 68 km², ranking 7th 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 160 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 1.2 km². The 2021–2025 average is 21% 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 52% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 31 March 2024, with detections in 19 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 512 km² with at least one detection, 20% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 288 | 56% |
| 2 years | 121 | 24% |
| 3 to 5 years | 85 | 17% |
| 6 to 10 years | 17 | 3.4% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 5.75, -55.75 and holds 65% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 107 | 106 |
| 2013 | 39 | 37 |
| 2014 | 84 | 85 |
| 2015 | 64 | 64 |
| 2016 | 89 | 84 |
| 2017 | 33 | 32 |
| 2018 | 50 | 46 |
| 2019 | 108 | 124 |
| 2020 | 68 | 62 |
| 2021 | 1.2 | 1 |
| 2022 | 3.7 | 3 |
| 2023 | 116 | 152 |
| 2024 | 160 | 206 |
| 2025 | 22 | 26 |
Other regions of Suriname
- Sipaliwini621 km² in an average year
- Nickerie388 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
- 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
- Para78 km
- Nickerie110 km
- Brokopondo124 km
- Marowijne165 km
- Mahaica-Berbice, Guyana174 km