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Wildfires in Alpes-Maritimes
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 13:28 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 283 km² of Alpes-Maritimes at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 25 km², ranking 24th 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 45 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 13 km². The 2021–2025 average is 14% 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 34% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 14 August 2017, with detections in 10 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 283 km² with at least one detection, 2.5% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 238 | 84% |
| 2 years | 38 | 13% |
| 3 to 5 years | 4.5 | 1.6% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1.8 | 0.6% |
| 11 years or more | 0.9 | 0.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 43.75, 7.25 and holds 88% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 35 | 143 |
| 2013 | 21 | 86 |
| 2014 | 19 | 107 |
| 2015 | 31 | 126 |
| 2016 | 22 | 135 |
| 2017 | 45 | 163 |
| 2018 | 15 | 101 |
| 2019 | 36 | 145 |
| 2020 | 20 | 132 |
| 2021 | 18 | 135 |
| 2022 | 27 | 166 |
| 2023 | 21 | 146 |
| 2024 | 13 | 110 |
| 2025 | 31 | 137 |
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.
Nearby regions
- Turin, Italy171 km
- Pavia, Italy204 km
- Isère204 km
- Bouches-du-Rhône209 km
- Haute-Corse232 km
- Gard240 km