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Wildfires in South Pyongan
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 2,180 km² of South Pyongan at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 209 km², ranking 4th 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 927 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 50 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.
April, May and June together hold 61% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 24 April 2014, with detections in 127 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 2,180 km² with at least one detection, 6.3% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,670 | 77% |
| 2 years | 375 | 17% |
| 3 to 5 years | 124 | 5.7% |
| 6 to 10 years | 9.5 | 0.4% |
| 11 years or more | 2.9 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 39.25, 126.25 and holds 50% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 312 | 451 |
| 2013 | 325 | 505 |
| 2014 | 927 | 1,518 |
| 2015 | 232 | 453 |
| 2016 | 76 | 273 |
| 2017 | 117 | 305 |
| 2018 | 125 | 293 |
| 2019 | 388 | 772 |
| 2020 | 119 | 340 |
| 2021 | 50 | 273 |
| 2022 | 78 | 304 |
| 2023 | 71 | 361 |
| 2024 | 56 | 319 |
| 2025 | 56 | 345 |
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
- North Hwanghae165 km² in an average year
- Chagang-do157 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
- North Hwanghae70 km
- South Hamgyong102 km
- Chagang-do111 km
- South Hwanghae141 km
- Kangwon141 km
- North Pyongan169 km