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Wildfires in New South Wales
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 10:27 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 211,070 km² of New South Wales at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 24,100 km², ranking 4th of 10 regions of Australia.
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 58,470 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 13,700 km². The 2021–2025 average is 11% 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.
March, April and May together hold 33% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 4 January 2020, with detections in 5,115 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 211,070 km² with at least one detection, 14% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 132,350 | 63% |
| 2 years | 49,580 | 23% |
| 3 to 5 years | 27,450 | 13% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,660 | 0.8% |
| 11 years or more | 34 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -34.25, 150.75 and holds 3.2% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 20,720 | 27,514 |
| 2013 | 25,670 | 38,655 |
| 2014 | 21,200 | 30,558 |
| 2015 | 18,440 | 25,673 |
| 2016 | 22,620 | 31,064 |
| 2017 | 29,920 | 42,580 |
| 2018 | 23,180 | 38,430 |
| 2019 | 58,470 | 126,780 |
| 2020 | 21,030 | 38,901 |
| 2021 | 19,670 | 26,036 |
| 2022 | 13,700 | 17,063 |
| 2023 | 25,870 | 36,354 |
| 2024 | 17,430 | 23,959 |
| 2025 | 19,550 | 27,739 |
Other regions of Australia
- Northern Territory173,050 km² in an average year
- Western Australia142,180 km² in an average year
- Queensland108,980 km² in an average year
- Victoria8,760 km² in an average year
- South Australia6,430 km² in an average year
- Tasmania1,940 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
- Australian Capital Territory246 km
- Victoria402 km
- Tasmania870 km