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Wildfires in Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo
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 486 km² of Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 169 km², ranking 1st 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 234 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 79 km². The 2021–2025 average is 12% 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.
February, March and April together hold 39% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 18 March 2023, with detections in 34 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 486 km² with at least one detection, 67% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 100 | 21% |
| 2 years | 62 | 13% |
| 3 to 5 years | 140 | 29% |
| 6 to 10 years | 146 | 30% |
| 11 years or more | 38 | 7.8% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 10.25, -61.25 and holds 97% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 79 | 786 |
| 2013 | 197 | 1,026 |
| 2014 | 199 | 982 |
| 2015 | 193 | 889 |
| 2016 | 196 | 761 |
| 2017 | 174 | 602 |
| 2018 | 126 | 657 |
| 2019 | 234 | 688 |
| 2020 | 205 | 567 |
| 2021 | 82 | 465 |
| 2022 | 130 | 406 |
| 2023 | 217 | 484 |
| 2024 | 222 | 420 |
| 2025 | 108 | 345 |
Other regions of Trinidad and Tobago
- 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
- Chaguanas30 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.