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Wildfires in Saarland
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 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 112 km² of Saarland at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 22 km², ranking 13th 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 49 km² detected; the quietest was 2017, with 14 km². The 2021–2025 average is 49% 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 37% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 4 April 2025, with detections in 20 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 112 km² with at least one detection, 22% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 71 | 63% |
| 2 years | 16 | 14% |
| 3 to 5 years | 13 | 11% |
| 6 to 10 years | 3.2 | 2.9% |
| 11 years or more | 8.9 | 7.9% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 49.25, 6.75 and holds 99% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 22 | 805 |
| 2013 | 16 | 680 |
| 2014 | 19 | 922 |
| 2015 | 18 | 892 |
| 2016 | 16 | 756 |
| 2017 | 14 | 836 |
| 2018 | 25 | 994 |
| 2019 | 15 | 959 |
| 2020 | 23 | 784 |
| 2021 | 14 | 815 |
| 2022 | 18 | 868 |
| 2023 | 32 | 789 |
| 2024 | 23 | 640 |
| 2025 | 49 | 592 |
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
- Brandenburg116 km² in an average year
- Saxony-Anhalt112 km² in an average year
- Baden-Württemberg105 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
- Moselle, France36 km
- Meurthe-et-Moselle, France66 km
- Luxembourg, Luxembourg91 km
- Baden-Württemberg91 km
- Rhineland-Palatinate121 km
- Marne, France156 km