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Wildfires in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
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 272 km² of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 24 km², ranking 26th of 101 regions of France.
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 2017, with 63 km² detected; the quietest was 2016, with 11 km². The 2021–2025 average is 28% 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.
January, February and March together hold 45% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 17 October 2017, with detections in 17 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 272 km² with at least one detection, 4.3% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 227 | 84% |
| 2 years | 33 | 12% |
| 3 to 5 years | 9.8 | 3.6% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1.8 | 0.7% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 44.25, 6.25 and holds 33% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 26 | 29 |
| 2013 | 12 | 14 |
| 2014 | 25 | 31 |
| 2015 | 17 | 19 |
| 2016 | 11 | 12 |
| 2017 | 63 | 75 |
| 2018 | 13 | 15 |
| 2019 | 38 | 51 |
| 2020 | 16 | 18 |
| 2021 | 17 | 19 |
| 2022 | 40 | 51 |
| 2023 | 27 | 32 |
| 2024 | 11 | 12 |
| 2025 | 21 | 26 |
Other regions of France
- French Guiana800 km² in an average year
- Pyrenees-Atlantics399 km² in an average year
- Bouches-du-Rhône149 km² in an average year
- Haute-Corse92 km² in an average year
- Gard78 km² in an average year
- Hérault72 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.