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Wildfires in Zealand
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 08:29 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 462 km² of Zealand at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 41 km², ranking 1st of 5 regions of Denmark.
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 2015, with 65 km² detected; the quietest was 2023, with 24 km². The 2021–2025 average is 28% 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.
July, August and September together hold 63% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 27 July 2012, with detections in 21 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 462 km² with at least one detection, 4.3% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 400 | 87% |
| 2 years | 42 | 9.2% |
| 3 to 5 years | 16 | 3.4% |
| 6 to 10 years | 3.5 | 0.8% |
| 11 years or more | 0.7 | 0.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 54.75, 11.25 and holds 20% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 42 | 70 |
| 2013 | 64 | 90 |
| 2014 | 52 | 109 |
| 2015 | 65 | 95 |
| 2016 | 31 | 62 |
| 2017 | 27 | 40 |
| 2018 | 32 | 52 |
| 2019 | 25 | 36 |
| 2020 | 54 | 103 |
| 2021 | 38 | 56 |
| 2022 | 49 | 75 |
| 2023 | 24 | 37 |
| 2024 | 27 | 43 |
| 2025 | 45 | 90 |
Other regions of Denmark
- Southern Denmark38 km² in an average year
- Central Denmark30 km² in an average year
- North Denmark18 km² in an average year
- Denmark5.9 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.