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Municipalities that have burned most often in Dominican Republic

Municipalities of Dominican Republic with at least one fire larger than 1,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 19. With two or more: 7. Top of the list is Pedernales, which has burned 12 times in 4 years, with 37,441 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1PedernalesPedernales12×4 years · 37,441 ha
  2. 2DuvergéIndependencia5×3 years · 3,723 ha
  3. 3BohechíoSan Juan4×4 years · 9,306 ha
  4. 4GuayabalAzua4×3 years · 7,498 ha
  5. 5ConstanzaLa Vega2×2 years · 4,606 ha
  6. 6San Juan de la MaguanaSan Juan2×2 years · 1,902 ha
  7. 7San José de las MatasSantiago2×2 years · 560 ha
  8. 8MellaIndependencia1×1 year · 4,091 ha
  9. 9San Fernando de Monte CristiMonte Cristi1×1 year · 1,425 ha
  10. 10GuerraSanto Domingo1×1 year · 1,232 ha
  11. 11El CercadoSan Juan1×1 year · 1,106 ha
  12. 12La RomanaLa Romana1×1 year · 1,063 ha
  13. 13ConsueloSan Pedro de Macorís1×1 year · 1,051 ha
  14. 14GuaymateLa Romana1×1 year · 1,047 ha
  15. 15Pepillo SalcedoMonte Cristi1×1 year · 281 ha
  16. 16PoloBarahona1×1 year · 243 ha
  17. 17Las SalinasBarahona1×1 year · 242 ha
  18. 18Los RíosBahoruco1×1 year · 146 ha
  19. 19Padre Las CasasAzua1×1 year · 16 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1PedernalesPedernales37,441 ha12× · 18 %
  2. 2BohechíoSan Juan9,306 ha4× · 23 %
  3. 3GuayabalAzua7,498 ha4× · 30 %
  4. 4ConstanzaLa Vega4,606 ha2× · 5.4 %
  5. 5MellaIndependencia4,091 ha1× · 10 %
  6. 6DuvergéIndependencia3,723 ha5× · 7.2 %
  7. 7San Juan de la MaguanaSan Juan1,902 ha2× · 1.1 %
  8. 8San Fernando de Monte CristiMonte Cristi1,425 ha1× · 2.4 %
  9. 9GuerraSanto Domingo1,232 ha1× · 4.3 %
  10. 10El CercadoSan Juan1,106 ha1× · 3.9 %
  11. 11La RomanaLa Romana1,063 ha1× · 6.3 %
  12. 12ConsueloSan Pedro de Macorís1,051 ha1× · 8.1 %
  13. 13GuaymateLa Romana1,047 ha1× · 4.0 %
  14. 14San José de las MatasSantiago560 ha2× · 0.4 %
  15. 15Pepillo SalcedoMonte Cristi281 ha1× · 1.7 %
  16. 16PoloBarahona243 ha1× · 1.2 %
  17. 17Las SalinasBarahona242 ha1× · 1.9 %
  18. 18Los RíosBahoruco146 ha1× · 0.9 %
  19. 19Padre Las CasasAzua16 ha1× · 0.0 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1GuayabalAzua30 %7,498 ha · 250 km²
  2. 2BohechíoSan Juan23 %9,306 ha · 404 km²
  3. 3PedernalesPedernales18 %37,441 ha · 2,064 km²
  4. 4MellaIndependencia10 %4,091 ha · 403 km²
  5. 5ConsueloSan Pedro de Macorís8.1 %1,051 ha · 130 km²
  6. 6DuvergéIndependencia7.2 %3,723 ha · 515 km²
  7. 7La RomanaLa Romana6.3 %1,063 ha · 170 km²
  8. 8ConstanzaLa Vega5.4 %4,606 ha · 850 km²
  9. 9GuerraSanto Domingo4.3 %1,232 ha · 287 km²
  10. 10GuaymateLa Romana4.0 %1,047 ha · 259 km²
  11. 11El CercadoSan Juan3.9 %1,106 ha · 285 km²
  12. 12San Fernando de Monte CristiMonte Cristi2.4 %1,425 ha · 589 km²
  13. 13Las SalinasBarahona1.9 %242 ha · 129 km²
  14. 14Pepillo SalcedoMonte Cristi1.7 %281 ha · 163 km²
  15. 15PoloBarahona1.2 %243 ha · 208 km²
  16. 16San Juan de la MaguanaSan Juan1.1 %1,902 ha · 1,715 km²
  17. 17Los RíosBahoruco0.9 %146 ha · 159 km²
  18. 18San José de las MatasSantiago0.4 %560 ha · 1,484 km²
  19. 19Padre Las CasasAzua0.0 %16 ha · 570 km²

How it is calculated

We count fires larger than 1,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016 that reached each municipality, even partly. Hectares are those burned inside the municipality and are added fire by fire, so land that burned twice counts twice; that is why the share, given only for municipalities of 10 km² or more, can exceed 100 % (it is then shown as a multiple). It describes what happened: it does not measure risk or say anything about causes.