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Wildfires in Lapland
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 07:28 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 150 km² of Lapland at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 11 km², ranking 5th of 18 regions of Finland.
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 20 km² detected; the quietest was 2020, with 3.5 km². The 2021–2025 average is 41% higher 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 70% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 29 May 2013, with detections in 16 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 150 km² with at least one detection, 0.3% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 147 | 98% |
| 2 years | 2.5 | 1.7% |
| 3 to 5 years | 0.5 | 0.3% |
| 6 to 10 years | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 66.75, 28.25 and holds 7.1% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 9.2 | 19 |
| 2013 | 20 | 43 |
| 2014 | 9.7 | 20 |
| 2015 | 10 | 21 |
| 2016 | 4.8 | 11 |
| 2017 | 5.5 | 15 |
| 2018 | 11 | 22 |
| 2019 | 3.9 | 8 |
| 2020 | 3.5 | 7 |
| 2021 | 17 | 40 |
| 2022 | 7.7 | 16 |
| 2023 | 18 | 40 |
| 2024 | 16 | 36 |
| 2025 | 18 | 39 |
Other regions of Finland
- Uusimaa14 km² in an average year
- Finland Proper13 km² in an average year
- Kymenlaakso13 km² in an average year
- Northern Ostrobothnia13 km² in an average year
- Southern Ostrobothnia7.1 km² in an average year
- South Karelia7.0 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.