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Wildfires in Kumamoto Prefecture
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 08:29 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 751 km² of Kumamoto Prefecture at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 142 km², ranking 1st 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 2022, with 231 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 46 km². The 2021–2025 average is 39% 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.
February, March and April together hold 69% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 11 March 2018, with detections in 173 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 751 km² with at least one detection, 35% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 371 | 49% |
| 2 years | 118 | 16% |
| 3 to 5 years | 161 | 21% |
| 6 to 10 years | 98 | 13% |
| 11 years or more | 3.0 | 0.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 32.75, 131.25 and holds 44% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 46 | 96 |
| 2013 | 76 | 132 |
| 2014 | 162 | 214 |
| 2015 | 199 | 208 |
| 2016 | 73 | 89 |
| 2017 | 88 | 145 |
| 2018 | 228 | 289 |
| 2019 | 144 | 179 |
| 2020 | 197 | 219 |
| 2021 | 118 | 126 |
| 2022 | 231 | 251 |
| 2023 | 138 | 140 |
| 2024 | 88 | 140 |
| 2025 | 194 | 206 |
Other regions of Japan
- 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
- 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
- Ōita Prefecture72 km
- Miyazaki Prefecture72 km
- Fukuoka Prefecture120 km
- Kagoshima Prefecture120 km
- Yamaguchi Prefecture173 km
- Kōchi Prefecture194 km