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Wildfires in Okinawa 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 51 km² of Okinawa Prefecture at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 11 km², ranking 39th 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 2014, with 12 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 7.8 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of 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.
August, September and October together hold 33% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 30 November 2015, with detections in 4 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 51 km² with at least one detection, 17% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 38 | 74% |
| 2 years | 4.4 | 8.6% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1.1 | 2.2% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2.2 | 4.3% |
| 11 years or more | 5.6 | 11% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 26.25, 127.75 and holds 60% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 7.8 | 43 |
| 2013 | 8.9 | 67 |
| 2014 | 12 | 74 |
| 2015 | 10 | 78 |
| 2016 | 11 | 102 |
| 2017 | 10 | 72 |
| 2018 | 12 | 110 |
| 2019 | 12 | 83 |
| 2020 | 12 | 95 |
| 2021 | 10 | 103 |
| 2022 | 10 | 58 |
| 2023 | 10 | 93 |
| 2024 | 12 | 39 |
| 2025 | 8.9 | 59 |
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
- Kagoshima Prefecture677 km
- Miyazaki Prefecture771 km
- Taichung City, Taiwan786 km
- Kumamoto Prefecture798 km
- Changhua, Taiwan805 km
- Shanghai, China842 km