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Wildfires in Ryanggang
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 13:28 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 1,690 km² of Ryanggang at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 145 km², ranking 7th 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 668 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 19 km². The 2021–2025 average is 77% 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 61% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 11 October 2014, with detections in 94 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,690 km² with at least one detection, 2.3% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,410 | 83% |
| 2 years | 240 | 14% |
| 3 to 5 years | 37 | 2.2% |
| 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 41.25, 128.25 and holds 24% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 124 | 139 |
| 2013 | 188 | 218 |
| 2014 | 668 | 941 |
| 2015 | 177 | 204 |
| 2016 | 33 | 36 |
| 2017 | 140 | 174 |
| 2018 | 192 | 225 |
| 2019 | 189 | 226 |
| 2020 | 42 | 46 |
| 2021 | 41 | 48 |
| 2022 | 71 | 77 |
| 2023 | 51 | 55 |
| 2024 | 91 | 108 |
| 2025 | 19 | 20 |
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
- Chagang-do157 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 Hamgyong186 km
- Chagang-do201 km
- North Hamgyong234 km
- South Pyongan279 km
- Kangwon281 km
- North Hwanghae305 km