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Wildfires in Yukon
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 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 22,430 km² of Yukon at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,630 km², ranking 8th of 13 regions of Canada.
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 2023, with 4,210 km² detected; the quietest was 2014, with 46 km². The 2021–2025 average is 145% 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 93% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 7 August 2023, with detections in 2,616 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 22,430 km² with at least one detection, 0.0% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 21,980 | 98% |
| 2 years | 436 | 1.9% |
| 3 to 5 years | 6.3 | 0.0% |
| 6 to 10 years | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 63.75, -138.25 and holds 2.5% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 538 | 1,368 |
| 2013 | 2,070 | 7,025 |
| 2014 | 46 | 107 |
| 2015 | 1,720 | 4,502 |
| 2016 | 248 | 694 |
| 2017 | 2,880 | 8,071 |
| 2018 | 875 | 2,916 |
| 2019 | 3,070 | 11,123 |
| 2020 | 116 | 252 |
| 2021 | 1,460 | 4,321 |
| 2022 | 2,270 | 6,692 |
| 2023 | 4,210 | 16,719 |
| 2024 | 1,710 | 5,063 |
| 2025 | 1,670 | 4,883 |
Other regions of Canada
- British Columbia11,620 km² in an average year
- Northwest Territories10,790 km² in an average year
- Saskatchewan10,300 km² in an average year
- Alberta8,430 km² in an average year
- Manitoba6,670 km² in an average year
- Quebec4,640 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
- Alaska, United States406 km
- British Columbia1,369 km