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Wildfires in Chaguanas
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 73 km² of Chaguanas at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 30 km², ranking 7th of 16 regions of Trinidad and Tobago.
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 2019, with 44 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 11 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of 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.
February, March and April together hold 74% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 26 March 2016, with detections in 7 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 73 km² with at least one detection, 83% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 7.3 | 10% |
| 2 years | 4.9 | 6.7% |
| 3 to 5 years | 24 | 33% |
| 6 to 10 years | 29 | 40% |
| 11 years or more | 7.3 | 10% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 10.75, -61.25 and holds 95% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 16 | 13 |
| 2013 | 35 | 37 |
| 2014 | 35 | 40 |
| 2015 | 24 | 32 |
| 2016 | 30 | 36 |
| 2017 | 32 | 28 |
| 2018 | 22 | 27 |
| 2019 | 44 | 55 |
| 2020 | 32 | 38 |
| 2021 | 11 | 12 |
| 2022 | 27 | 25 |
| 2023 | 38 | 59 |
| 2024 | 41 | 47 |
| 2025 | 29 | 36 |
Other regions of Trinidad and Tobago
- Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo169 km² in an average year
- Princes Town88 km² in an average year
- Penal-Debe Regional Corporation72 km² in an average year
- Siparia Regional Corporation67 km² in an average year
- Tunapuna-Piarco Regional Corporation60 km² in an average year
- Mayaro-Rio Claro35 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.