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Wildfires in Republic of Korea
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 10:26 UTC
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- Gyeonggi1 fire
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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 2026-09-21
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 7,580 km² of Republic of Korea at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 886 km², ranking 119th of 200 countries.
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 1,470 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 555 km². The 2021–2025 average is 21% 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 34% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 25 March 2025, with detections in 640 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 7,580 km² with at least one detection, 10% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 5,920 | 78% |
| 2 years | 863 | 11% |
| 3 to 5 years | 497 | 6.6% |
| 6 to 10 years | 158 | 2.1% |
| 11 years or more | 134 | 1.8% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 36.75, 126.75 and holds 18% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 582 | 5,158 |
| 2013 | 667 | 6,060 |
| 2014 | 862 | 6,128 |
| 2015 | 943 | 6,370 |
| 2016 | 846 | 5,730 |
| 2017 | 1,040 | 6,376 |
| 2018 | 875 | 6,164 |
| 2019 | 907 | 6,116 |
| 2020 | 936 | 5,731 |
| 2021 | 737 | 5,508 |
| 2022 | 1,140 | 5,895 |
| 2023 | 834 | 5,598 |
| 2024 | 555 | 4,532 |
| 2025 | 1,470 | 5,631 |
Nearby countries
- India324,930 km² in an average year
- Myanmar189,670 km² in an average year
- China182,410 km² in an average year
- Indonesia104,670 km² in an average year
- Thailand104,620 km² in an average year
- Lao PDR73,670 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 countries
- Dem. Rep. Korea281 km
- China813 km
- Japan914 km
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
