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Wildfires in Western Australia
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 09:22 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 1,016,790 km² of Western Australia at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 142,180 km², ranking 2nd 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 290,550 km² detected; the quietest was 2020, with 61,730 km². The 2021–2025 average is 17% 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.
September, October and November together hold 40% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 22 October 2012, with detections in 9,640 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,016,790 km² with at least one detection, 23% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 581,330 | 57% |
| 2 years | 205,370 | 20% |
| 3 to 5 years | 183,100 | 18% |
| 6 to 10 years | 46,740 | 4.6% |
| 11 years or more | 246 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -14.75, 126.25 and holds 0.9% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 290,550 | 308,768 |
| 2013 | 104,680 | 112,000 |
| 2014 | 148,000 | 158,415 |
| 2015 | 130,960 | 142,563 |
| 2016 | 87,170 | 95,563 |
| 2017 | 183,780 | 197,731 |
| 2018 | 215,030 | 233,437 |
| 2019 | 135,120 | 155,675 |
| 2020 | 61,730 | 71,172 |
| 2021 | 94,820 | 103,208 |
| 2022 | 107,390 | 116,771 |
| 2023 | 206,870 | 221,928 |
| 2024 | 79,840 | 87,010 |
| 2025 | 144,650 | 152,857 |
Other regions of Australia
- Northern Territory173,050 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
- 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
- Northern Territory380 km
- Manufahi, Timor-Leste613 km
- Ainaro, Timor-Leste613 km
- Cova Lima, Timor-Leste621 km
- Oe-Cusse Ambeno, Timor-Leste649 km
- Viqueque, Timor-Leste667 km