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Wildfires in South Australia
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 75,160 km² of South Australia at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 6,430 km², ranking 6th 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 2012, with 24,970 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 2,140 km². The 2021–2025 average is 61% 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.
October, November and December together hold 37% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 23 October 2012, with detections in 1,803 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 75,160 km² with at least one detection, 3.4% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 64,410 | 86% |
| 2 years | 8,210 | 11% |
| 3 to 5 years | 2,390 | 3.2% |
| 6 to 10 years | 133 | 0.2% |
| 11 years or more | 16 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -33.25, 137.75 and holds 4.2% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 24,970 | 27,733 |
| 2013 | 7,660 | 9,324 |
| 2014 | 6,680 | 8,778 |
| 2015 | 3,810 | 5,322 |
| 2016 | 2,980 | 4,146 |
| 2017 | 7,010 | 8,490 |
| 2018 | 8,060 | 9,507 |
| 2019 | 7,690 | 9,701 |
| 2020 | 3,210 | 4,765 |
| 2021 | 2,490 | 3,759 |
| 2022 | 2,380 | 3,659 |
| 2023 | 8,120 | 9,787 |
| 2024 | 2,820 | 3,734 |
| 2025 | 2,140 | 3,578 |
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
- New South Wales24,100 km² in an average year
- Victoria8,760 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 Territory1,044 km
- Victoria1,051 km
- Tasmania1,066 km