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Wildfires in Wanica
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 11:26 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 285 km² of Wanica at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 44 km², ranking 8th 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 105 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 8.6 km². The 2021–2025 average is 6.3% 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 70% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 9 November 2023, with detections in 13 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 285 km² with at least one detection, 27% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 136 | 48% |
| 2 years | 73 | 26% |
| 3 to 5 years | 64 | 23% |
| 6 to 10 years | 12 | 4.4% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 5.75, -55.25 and holds 100% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 79 | 78 |
| 2013 | 26 | 31 |
| 2014 | 41 | 44 |
| 2015 | 44 | 75 |
| 2016 | 46 | 57 |
| 2017 | 23 | 31 |
| 2018 | 49 | 63 |
| 2019 | 44 | 50 |
| 2020 | 40 | 42 |
| 2021 | 8.6 | 10 |
| 2022 | 8.6 | 9 |
| 2023 | 105 | 128 |
| 2024 | 69 | 91 |
| 2025 | 30 | 27 |
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.