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Wildfires in Nord
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 177 km² of Nord at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 36 km², ranking 16th 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 2025, with 46 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 28 km². The 2021–2025 average is 5.6% 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.
July, August and September together hold 33% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 7 September 2012, with detections in 18 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 177 km² with at least one detection, 20% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 132 | 74% |
| 2 years | 10 | 5.8% |
| 3 to 5 years | 10 | 5.8% |
| 6 to 10 years | 4.7 | 2.7% |
| 11 years or more | 20 | 11% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 51.25, 2.25 and holds 93% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 35 | 1,406 |
| 2013 | 37 | 1,350 |
| 2014 | 33 | 1,614 |
| 2015 | 38 | 1,469 |
| 2016 | 30 | 1,415 |
| 2017 | 34 | 1,489 |
| 2018 | 44 | 1,655 |
| 2019 | 30 | 1,520 |
| 2020 | 36 | 1,295 |
| 2021 | 40 | 1,465 |
| 2022 | 35 | 1,545 |
| 2023 | 34 | 1,134 |
| 2024 | 28 | 1,134 |
| 2025 | 46 | 1,293 |
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
- Pas-de-Calais55 km
- East Flanders, Belgium104 km
- Zeeland, Netherlands104 km
- Antwerp, Belgium139 km
- South Holland, Netherlands149 km
- Hainaut, Belgium153 km