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Wildfires in Chagang-do
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 09:19 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 1,920 km² of Chagang-do at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 157 km², ranking 6th of 11 regions of Dem. Rep. Korea.
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 977 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 12 km². The 2021–2025 average is 91% 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.
April, May and June together hold 82% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 1 May 2014, with detections in 111 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,920 km² with at least one detection, 1.9% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,690 | 88% |
| 2 years | 197 | 10% |
| 3 to 5 years | 34 | 1.8% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1.8 | 0.1% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 40.25, 126.25 and holds 17% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 275 | 329 |
| 2013 | 280 | 326 |
| 2014 | 977 | 1,321 |
| 2015 | 133 | 153 |
| 2016 | 63 | 70 |
| 2017 | 81 | 93 |
| 2018 | 77 | 87 |
| 2019 | 112 | 128 |
| 2020 | 49 | 57 |
| 2021 | 19 | 21 |
| 2022 | 38 | 42 |
| 2023 | 57 | 64 |
| 2024 | 26 | 28 |
| 2025 | 12 | 13 |
Other regions of Dem. Rep. Korea
- Kangwon448 km² in an average year
- North Hamgyong330 km² in an average year
- South Hamgyong249 km² in an average year
- South Pyongan209 km² in an average year
- North Hwanghae165 km² in an average year
- Ryanggang145 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
- South Hamgyong101 km
- South Pyongan111 km
- North Pyongan127 km
- North Hwanghae172 km
- Ryanggang201 km
- Kangwon210 km