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Wildfires in Nordland
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 10:26 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 46 km² of Nordland at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 6.4 km², ranking 5th of 20 regions of Norway.
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 11 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 3.4 km². The 2021–2025 average is 6.1% lower 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.
August, September and October together hold 42% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 5 February 2017, with detections in 10 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 46 km² with at least one detection, 8.7% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 41 | 89% |
| 2 years | 0.9 | 2.0% |
| 3 to 5 years | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1.0 | 2.2% |
| 11 years or more | 3.0 | 6.5% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 66.25, 14.25 and holds 95% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3.4 | 104 |
| 2013 | 3.9 | 77 |
| 2014 | 11 | 193 |
| 2015 | 6.9 | 139 |
| 2016 | 5.9 | 152 |
| 2017 | 8.1 | 158 |
| 2018 | 5.9 | 113 |
| 2019 | 7.4 | 122 |
| 2020 | 7.4 | 71 |
| 2021 | 9.2 | 79 |
| 2022 | 4.5 | 112 |
| 2023 | 5.4 | 118 |
| 2024 | 5.4 | 102 |
| 2025 | 4.8 | 113 |
Other regions of Norway
- Rogaland27 km² in an average year
- Hedmark19 km² in an average year
- Vest-Agder14 km² in an average year
- Oppland12 km² in an average year
- Telemark5.9 km² in an average year
- Østfold5.8 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
- Västerbotten, Sweden363 km
- Norrbotten, Sweden365 km
- Sør-Trøndelag409 km
- Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland489 km
- Gävleborg, Sweden623 km
- Dalarna, Sweden674 km