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Wildfires in Saxony-Anhalt
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 11:24 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 872 km² of Saxony-Anhalt at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 112 km², ranking 5th 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 2018, with 195 km² detected; the quietest was 2017, with 74 km². The 2021–2025 average is 35% 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 48% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 15 May 2024, with detections in 45 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 872 km² with at least one detection, 17% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 596 | 68% |
| 2 years | 130 | 15% |
| 3 to 5 years | 109 | 13% |
| 6 to 10 years | 25 | 2.9% |
| 11 years or more | 12 | 1.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 51.25, 11.75 and holds 46% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 90 | 267 |
| 2013 | 96 | 268 |
| 2014 | 74 | 237 |
| 2015 | 87 | 290 |
| 2016 | 93 | 291 |
| 2017 | 74 | 266 |
| 2018 | 195 | 521 |
| 2019 | 151 | 419 |
| 2020 | 121 | 394 |
| 2021 | 75 | 271 |
| 2022 | 121 | 331 |
| 2023 | 96 | 307 |
| 2024 | 144 | 410 |
| 2025 | 158 | 386 |
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
- 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.
Nearby regions
- Saxony104 km
- Thuringia104 km
- Lower Saxony151 km
- Hessen183 km
- Brandenburg234 km
- Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland282 km