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Wildfires in Lääne-Viru
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 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 26 km² of Lääne-Viru at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 2.8 km², ranking 3rd of 15 regions of Estonia.
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 5.0 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 0.6 km². The 2021–2025 average is 30% 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.
June, July and August together hold 45% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 28 July 2012, with detections in 3 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 26 km² with at least one detection, 7.3% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 23 | 90% |
| 2 years | 0.6 | 2.3% |
| 3 to 5 years | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1.9 | 7.3% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 59.25, 26.75 and holds 96% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3.2 | 174 |
| 2013 | 5.0 | 178 |
| 2014 | 3.1 | 195 |
| 2015 | 1.9 | 107 |
| 2016 | 3.8 | 111 |
| 2017 | 3.2 | 132 |
| 2018 | 3.2 | 191 |
| 2019 | 3.2 | 156 |
| 2020 | 1.3 | 14 |
| 2021 | 0.6 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0.6 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2.5 | 4 |
| 2024 | 4.4 | 7 |
| 2025 | 3.8 | 6 |
Other regions of Estonia
- Harju6.0 km² in an average year
- Ida-Viru5.1 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.