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Wildfires in Dem. Rep. Korea
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 UTC
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- North Pyonganno fires now
- Pyongyang1 fire
- Rasonno fires now
- Ryanggangno fires now
- South Hamgyongno fires now
- South Hwanghaeno fires now
- South Pyongan1 fire
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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 2026-09-21
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 20,870 km² of Dem. Rep. Korea at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,950 km², ranking 101st of 200 countries.
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 2014, with 8,430 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 409 km². The 2021–2025 average is 83% 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.
March, April and May together hold 75% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 25 April 2014, with detections in 948 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 20,870 km² with at least one detection, 5.6% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 16,440 | 79% |
| 2 years | 3,250 | 16% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,070 | 5.1% |
| 6 to 10 years | 94 | 0.4% |
| 11 years or more | 5.7 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 39.25, 126.25 and holds 8.8% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,510 | 3,104 |
| 2013 | 2,860 | 3,457 |
| 2014 | 8,430 | 12,318 |
| 2015 | 3,120 | 4,233 |
| 2016 | 923 | 1,248 |
| 2017 | 1,760 | 2,360 |
| 2018 | 1,420 | 1,831 |
| 2019 | 2,300 | 3,231 |
| 2020 | 877 | 1,217 |
| 2021 | 409 | 708 |
| 2022 | 677 | 992 |
| 2023 | 676 | 1,068 |
| 2024 | 801 | 1,225 |
| 2025 | 515 | 893 |
Nearby countries
- India324,930 km² in an average year
- Myanmar189,670 km² in an average year
- China182,410 km² in an average year
- Indonesia104,670 km² in an average year
- Thailand104,620 km² in an average year
- Lao PDR73,670 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 countries
- Republic of Korea281 km
- China688 km
- Japan1,029 km
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
