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Wildfires in Upper Austria
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 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 96 km² of Upper Austria at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 20 km², ranking 2nd of 9 regions of Austria.
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 2022, with 28 km² detected; the quietest was 2015, with 16 km². The 2021–2025 average is 15% higher 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.
June, July and August together hold 36% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 23 March 2022, with detections in 15 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 96 km² with at least one detection, 22% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 70 | 73% |
| 2 years | 5.0 | 5.2% |
| 3 to 5 years | 7.4 | 7.7% |
| 6 to 10 years | 3.2 | 3.3% |
| 11 years or more | 11 | 11% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 48.25, 14.25 and holds 93% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 21 | 901 |
| 2013 | 23 | 895 |
| 2014 | 18 | 1,108 |
| 2015 | 16 | 1,175 |
| 2016 | 19 | 977 |
| 2017 | 16 | 978 |
| 2018 | 20 | 963 |
| 2019 | 18 | 915 |
| 2020 | 16 | 824 |
| 2021 | 20 | 952 |
| 2022 | 28 | 885 |
| 2023 | 19 | 893 |
| 2024 | 23 | 808 |
| 2025 | 23 | 949 |
Other regions of Austria
- Lower Austria37 km² in an average year
- Styria17 km² in an average year
- Burgenland9.3 km² in an average year
- Carinthia7.5 km² in an average year
- Vienna6.1 km² in an average year
- Tyrol4.2 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
- Lower Austria194 km
- South Moravian, Czech Republic214 km
- Bratislava, Slovakia222 km
- Kanal ob Soči, Slovenia225 km
- Udine, Italy234 km
- Bavaria, Germany263 km