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Wildfires in North Karelia
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 09:19 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 68 km² of North Karelia at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 5.0 km², ranking 11th 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 2020, with 14 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 1.1 km². The 2021–2025 average is 102% 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.
April, May and June together hold 51% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 4 June 2020, with detections in 6 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 68 km² with at least one detection, 0.0% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 67 | 98% |
| 2 years | 1.7 | 2.5% |
| 3 to 5 years | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 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 63.25, 30.25 and holds 15% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1.1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2.2 | 5 |
| 2014 | 6.8 | 12 |
| 2015 | 2.8 | 5 |
| 2016 | 1.7 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1.1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 7.4 | 13 |
| 2019 | 4.0 | 7 |
| 2020 | 14 | 24 |
| 2021 | 8.5 | 16 |
| 2022 | 1.7 | 3 |
| 2023 | 5.1 | 9 |
| 2024 | 7.4 | 13 |
| 2025 | 6.8 | 12 |
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
- Lapland11 km² in an average year
- Southern Ostrobothnia7.1 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.