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Wildfires in Busan
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 08:29 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 32 km² of Busan at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 9.0 km², ranking 13th of 17 regions of Republic of Korea.
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 2013, with 13 km² detected; the quietest was 2023, with 6.1 km². The 2021–2025 average is 23% 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.
October, November and December together hold 30% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 5 August 2016, with detections in 6 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 32 km² with at least one detection, 34% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 14 | 44% |
| 2 years | 7.1 | 22% |
| 3 to 5 years | 5.0 | 15% |
| 6 to 10 years | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 11 years or more | 6.1 | 19% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 35.25, 128.75 and holds 99% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
Show the table
| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 8.1 | 203 |
| 2013 | 13 | 293 |
| 2014 | 10 | 236 |
| 2015 | 10 | 231 |
| 2016 | 10 | 176 |
| 2017 | 11 | 282 |
| 2018 | 7.1 | 239 |
| 2019 | 8.1 | 265 |
| 2020 | 8.1 | 260 |
| 2021 | 10 | 267 |
| 2022 | 8.1 | 225 |
| 2023 | 6.1 | 195 |
| 2024 | 7.1 | 136 |
| 2025 | 8.1 | 152 |
Other regions of Republic of Korea
- North Gyeongsang162 km² in an average year
- South Jeolla115 km² in an average year
- Gyeonggi111 km² in an average year
- North Jeolla101 km² in an average year
- Gangwon92 km² in an average year
- South Gyeongsang85 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
- South Gyeongsang0 km
- Ulsan45 km
- North Gyeongsang120 km
- South Jeolla181 km
- North Jeolla189 km
- Gangwon226 km