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Wildfires in Miyagi Prefecture
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 09:22 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 265 km² of Miyagi Prefecture at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 33 km², ranking 20th 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 2025, with 57 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 13 km². The 2021–2025 average is 81% 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 37% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 3 October 2025, with detections in 28 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 265 km² with at least one detection, 15% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 187 | 71% |
| 2 years | 37 | 14% |
| 3 to 5 years | 32 | 12% |
| 6 to 10 years | 4.9 | 1.8% |
| 11 years or more | 3.9 | 1.5% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 38.25, 141.25 and holds 67% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 19 | 65 |
| 2013 | 26 | 74 |
| 2014 | 30 | 112 |
| 2015 | 30 | 102 |
| 2016 | 19 | 72 |
| 2017 | 30 | 103 |
| 2018 | 13 | 78 |
| 2019 | 34 | 93 |
| 2020 | 32 | 77 |
| 2021 | 28 | 77 |
| 2022 | 48 | 97 |
| 2023 | 50 | 116 |
| 2024 | 43 | 69 |
| 2025 | 57 | 92 |
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
- Iwate Prefecture119 km
- Tochigi Prefecture258 km
- Aomori Prefecture281 km
- Ibaraki Prefecture281 km
- Saitama Prefecture284 km
- Niigata Prefecture327 km