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Wildfires in Hubei
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 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 47,730 km² of Hubei at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 5,820 km², ranking 12th of 31 regions of China.
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 2013, with 11,560 km² detected; the quietest was 2020, with 2,440 km². The 2021–2025 average is 30% 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 32% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 7 February 2016, with detections in 1,015 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 47,730 km² with at least one detection, 17% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 28,690 | 60% |
| 2 years | 11,080 | 23% |
| 3 to 5 years | 7,260 | 15% |
| 6 to 10 years | 586 | 1.2% |
| 11 years or more | 111 | 0.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 30.75, 114.25 and holds 11% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6,220 | 8,532 |
| 2013 | 11,560 | 15,682 |
| 2014 | 9,640 | 12,813 |
| 2015 | 4,920 | 7,644 |
| 2016 | 5,950 | 8,636 |
| 2017 | 4,390 | 7,392 |
| 2018 | 4,180 | 7,309 |
| 2019 | 5,340 | 8,574 |
| 2020 | 2,440 | 4,585 |
| 2021 | 3,020 | 5,583 |
| 2022 | 6,570 | 9,476 |
| 2023 | 6,500 | 9,131 |
| 2024 | 4,350 | 6,890 |
| 2025 | 6,430 | 9,147 |
Other regions of China
- Heilongjiang37,120 km² in an average year
- Jilin16,470 km² in an average year
- Yunnan15,170 km² in an average year
- Inner Mongolia11,850 km² in an average year
- Guangxi9,620 km² in an average year
- Liaoning8,350 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.