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Wildfires in Sipaliwini
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 3,190 km² of Sipaliwini at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 621 km², ranking 1st 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 1,030 km² detected; the quietest was 2013, with 317 km². The 2021–2025 average is 8.4% 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 88% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 15 October 2016, with detections in 63 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 3,190 km² with at least one detection, 39% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,350 | 42% |
| 2 years | 585 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 852 | 27% |
| 6 to 10 years | 395 | 12% |
| 11 years or more | 12 | 0.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 4.25, -55.25 and holds 17% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 826 | 914 |
| 2013 | 317 | 371 |
| 2014 | 674 | 698 |
| 2015 | 769 | 838 |
| 2016 | 707 | 765 |
| 2017 | 536 | 509 |
| 2018 | 550 | 522 |
| 2019 | 679 | 659 |
| 2020 | 615 | 625 |
| 2021 | 351 | 334 |
| 2022 | 452 | 413 |
| 2023 | 1,030 | 1,179 |
| 2024 | 643 | 663 |
| 2025 | 539 | 534 |
Other regions of Suriname
- 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
- 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
- Brokopondo55 km
- Para111 km
- Saramacca175 km
- Marowijne200 km
- Coronie200 km
- French Guiana, France235 km