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Wildfires in Gard
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 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 722 km² of Gard at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 78 km², ranking 5th 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 132 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 49 km². The 2021–2025 average is 20% 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.
August, September and October together hold 33% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 8 April 2021, with detections in 13 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 722 km² with at least one detection, 11% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 532 | 74% |
| 2 years | 111 | 15% |
| 3 to 5 years | 68 | 9.4% |
| 6 to 10 years | 7.2 | 1.0% |
| 11 years or more | 3.6 | 0.5% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 43.75, 4.25 and holds 37% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 95 | 184 |
| 2013 | 81 | 141 |
| 2014 | 81 | 162 |
| 2015 | 70 | 112 |
| 2016 | 85 | 116 |
| 2017 | 132 | 193 |
| 2018 | 49 | 81 |
| 2019 | 94 | 130 |
| 2020 | 72 | 110 |
| 2021 | 72 | 102 |
| 2022 | 70 | 100 |
| 2023 | 55 | 79 |
| 2024 | 52 | 81 |
| 2025 | 78 | 106 |
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
- 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
- Lozère68 km
- Bouches-du-Rhône68 km
- Hérault97 km
- Aude133 km
- Pyrénées-Orientales164 km
- Isère204 km