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Wildfires in Bouches-du-Rhône
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 08:29 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 1,040 km² of Bouches-du-Rhône at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 149 km², ranking 3rd 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 270 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 107 km². The 2021–2025 average is 24% 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 31% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 11 August 2016, with detections in 46 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,040 km² with at least one detection, 18% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 634 | 61% |
| 2 years | 217 | 21% |
| 3 to 5 years | 133 | 13% |
| 6 to 10 years | 25 | 2.4% |
| 11 years or more | 27 | 2.6% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 43.25, 4.75 and holds 86% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 197 | 1,768 |
| 2013 | 155 | 1,865 |
| 2014 | 122 | 1,764 |
| 2015 | 158 | 1,834 |
| 2016 | 180 | 1,828 |
| 2017 | 270 | 2,203 |
| 2018 | 118 | 1,745 |
| 2019 | 130 | 1,882 |
| 2020 | 144 | 1,611 |
| 2021 | 121 | 1,743 |
| 2022 | 128 | 1,556 |
| 2023 | 126 | 1,493 |
| 2024 | 107 | 1,070 |
| 2025 | 134 | 1,088 |
Other regions of France
- French Guiana800 km² in an average year
- Pyrenees-Atlantics399 km² in an average year
- Haute-Corse92 km² in an average year
- Gard78 km² in an average year
- Hérault72 km² in an average year
- Gironde70 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
- Gard68 km
- Hérault121 km
- Lozère137 km
- Aude161 km
- Pyrénées-Orientales171 km
- Alpes-Maritimes209 km