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Wildfires in Saitama 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 326 km² of Saitama Prefecture at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 46 km², ranking 13th 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 2015, with 52 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 37 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.
October, November and December together hold 29% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 3 June 2013, with detections in 7 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 326 km² with at least one detection, 16% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 229 | 70% |
| 2 years | 43 | 13% |
| 3 to 5 years | 33 | 10% |
| 6 to 10 years | 9.0 | 2.8% |
| 11 years or more | 11 | 3.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 36.25, 139.25 and holds 64% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 37 | 328 |
| 2013 | 49 | 444 |
| 2014 | 51 | 367 |
| 2015 | 52 | 374 |
| 2016 | 43 | 339 |
| 2017 | 50 | 393 |
| 2018 | 45 | 412 |
| 2019 | 49 | 390 |
| 2020 | 48 | 377 |
| 2021 | 44 | 384 |
| 2022 | 38 | 361 |
| 2023 | 49 | 381 |
| 2024 | 39 | 281 |
| 2025 | 51 | 295 |
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
- Tochigi Prefecture44 km
- Chiba Prefecture120 km
- Kanagawa Prefecture120 km
- Ibaraki Prefecture145 km
- Niigata Prefecture173 km
- Aichi Prefecture251 km