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Wildfires in Fukuoka Prefecture
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 10:26 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 583 km² of Fukuoka Prefecture at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 100 km², ranking 2nd of 47 regions of Japan.
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 2021, with 145 km² detected; the quietest was 2013, with 64 km². The 2021–2025 average is 19% 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.
September, October and November together hold 30% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 10 June 2012, with detections in 33 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 583 km² with at least one detection, 25% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 333 | 57% |
| 2 years | 104 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 107 | 18% |
| 6 to 10 years | 12 | 2.1% |
| 11 years or more | 28 | 4.8% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 33.75, 130.75 and holds 95% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 96 | 1,035 |
| 2013 | 64 | 1,149 |
| 2014 | 122 | 1,104 |
| 2015 | 70 | 1,022 |
| 2016 | 92 | 1,100 |
| 2017 | 110 | 1,251 |
| 2018 | 99 | 1,424 |
| 2019 | 110 | 1,227 |
| 2020 | 100 | 1,208 |
| 2021 | 145 | 1,303 |
| 2022 | 126 | 1,065 |
| 2023 | 76 | 1,146 |
| 2024 | 110 | 938 |
| 2025 | 73 | 1,111 |
Other regions of Japan
- Kumamoto Prefecture142 km² in an average year
- Hokkaidō96 km² in an average year
- Aichi Prefecture94 km² in an average year
- Chiba Prefecture77 km² in an average year
- Ōita Prefecture72 km² in an average year
- Ibaraki Prefecture70 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
- Yamaguchi Prefecture107 km
- Ōita Prefecture108 km
- Kumamoto Prefecture120 km
- Miyazaki Prefecture191 km
- Ulsan, Republic of Korea216 km
- Kagoshima Prefecture222 km