AURSEEAursee
Wildfires in Brandenburg
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 UTC
Follow Brandenburg: fire alerts by email
Fire alerts for Brandenburg
Free. One email when satellites detect fire anywhere in Brandenburg, then at most one update a day while fires continue.
Free. Pick a town and we email you when satellites detect fire within 30 km of it.
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 880 km² of Brandenburg at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 116 km², ranking 4th of 16 regions of Germany.
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 198 km² detected; the quietest was 2013, with 72 km². The 2021–2025 average is 54% 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.
June, July and August together hold 41% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 22 April 2023, with detections in 52 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 880 km² with at least one detection, 16% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 624 | 71% |
| 2 years | 118 | 13% |
| 3 to 5 years | 95 | 11% |
| 6 to 10 years | 25 | 2.8% |
| 11 years or more | 18 | 2.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 52.25, 14.75 and holds 46% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
Show the table
| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 74 | 460 |
| 2013 | 72 | 433 |
| 2014 | 85 | 493 |
| 2015 | 98 | 771 |
| 2016 | 117 | 748 |
| 2017 | 73 | 543 |
| 2018 | 163 | 869 |
| 2019 | 138 | 801 |
| 2020 | 119 | 770 |
| 2021 | 74 | 583 |
| 2022 | 140 | 717 |
| 2023 | 152 | 751 |
| 2024 | 125 | 609 |
| 2025 | 198 | 897 |
Other regions of Germany
- Bavaria230 km² in an average year
- North Rhine-Westphalia172 km² in an average year
- Lower Saxony131 km² in an average year
- Saxony-Anhalt112 km² in an average year
- Baden-Württemberg105 km² in an average year
- Saxony70 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.