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Wildfires in Victoria
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 79,850 km² of Victoria at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 8,760 km², ranking 5th 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 13,400 km² detected; the quietest was 2016, with 5,400 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.
March, April and May together hold 58% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 4 January 2020, with detections in 3,670 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 79,850 km² with at least one detection, 12% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 53,100 | 66% |
| 2 years | 17,360 | 22% |
| 3 to 5 years | 8,670 | 11% |
| 6 to 10 years | 709 | 0.9% |
| 11 years or more | 16 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -37.25, 148.25 and holds 3.9% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 7,450 | 9,105 |
| 2013 | 8,910 | 12,939 |
| 2014 | 10,110 | 15,701 |
| 2015 | 7,690 | 10,515 |
| 2016 | 5,400 | 7,358 |
| 2017 | 9,090 | 11,475 |
| 2018 | 7,770 | 10,026 |
| 2019 | 13,400 | 22,349 |
| 2020 | 13,190 | 24,505 |
| 2021 | 7,600 | 9,382 |
| 2022 | 6,450 | 7,813 |
| 2023 | 8,550 | 10,142 |
| 2024 | 9,820 | 12,761 |
| 2025 | 7,220 | 10,657 |
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
- 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 Territory172 km
- New South Wales402 km
- Tasmania467 km
- South Australia1,051 km