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Wildfires in South Hwanghae
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 10:27 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 1,020 km² of South Hwanghae at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 88 km², ranking 9th 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 2013, with 218 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 28 km². The 2021–2025 average is 67% 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.
February, March and April together hold 73% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 18 April 2013, with detections in 17 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,020 km² with at least one detection, 3.3% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 856 | 84% |
| 2 years | 128 | 13% |
| 3 to 5 years | 30 | 3.0% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2.9 | 0.3% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 38.25, 125.25 and holds 24% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 130 | 138 |
| 2013 | 218 | 236 |
| 2014 | 174 | 198 |
| 2015 | 110 | 114 |
| 2016 | 53 | 58 |
| 2017 | 106 | 111 |
| 2018 | 64 | 66 |
| 2019 | 89 | 93 |
| 2020 | 54 | 56 |
| 2021 | 28 | 29 |
| 2022 | 43 | 44 |
| 2023 | 54 | 55 |
| 2024 | 63 | 65 |
| 2025 | 41 | 43 |
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 Pyongan141 km
- North Hwanghae141 km
- Gyeonggi, Republic of Korea142 km
- Incheon, Republic of Korea172 km
- South Chungcheong, Republic of Korea212 km
- Kangwon224 km