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Wildfires in Hyōgo Prefecture
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 06:20 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 330 km² of Hyōgo Prefecture at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 52 km², ranking 11th 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 2018, with 61 km² detected; the quietest was 2016, with 42 km². The 2021–2025 average is 5.3% 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.
March, April and May together hold 27% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 4 February 2018, with detections in 21 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 330 km² with at least one detection, 18% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 229 | 69% |
| 2 years | 42 | 13% |
| 3 to 5 years | 34 | 10% |
| 6 to 10 years | 12 | 3.7% |
| 11 years or more | 14 | 4.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 34.75, 134.75 and holds 75% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 57 | 1,207 |
| 2013 | 48 | 1,522 |
| 2014 | 57 | 1,363 |
| 2015 | 45 | 1,289 |
| 2016 | 42 | 1,250 |
| 2017 | 49 | 1,310 |
| 2018 | 61 | 1,359 |
| 2019 | 49 | 1,235 |
| 2020 | 59 | 1,215 |
| 2021 | 45 | 1,281 |
| 2022 | 58 | 1,223 |
| 2023 | 61 | 1,186 |
| 2024 | 45 | 1,042 |
| 2025 | 53 | 1,169 |
Other regions of Japan
- Kumamoto Prefecture142 km² in an average year
- Fukuoka Prefecture100 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
- 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
- Ōsaka Prefecture45 km
- Wakayama Prefecture72 km
- Tokushima Prefecture111 km
- Mie Prefecture147 km
- Okayama Prefecture148 km
- Hiroshima Prefecture148 km