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Wildfires in Daegu
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 11:24 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 49 km² of Daegu at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 9.5 km², ranking 12th 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 2014, with 19 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 4.0 km². The 2021–2025 average is 14% 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.
April, May and June together hold 46% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 13 August 2015, with detections in 7 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 49 km² with at least one detection, 29% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 28 | 57% |
| 2 years | 7.0 | 14% |
| 3 to 5 years | 8.0 | 16% |
| 6 to 10 years | 4.0 | 8.1% |
| 11 years or more | 2.0 | 4.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 35.75, 128.75 and holds 81% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4.0 | 8 |
| 2013 | 13 | 20 |
| 2014 | 19 | 30 |
| 2015 | 12 | 13 |
| 2016 | 9.0 | 11 |
| 2017 | 4.0 | 10 |
| 2018 | 10 | 11 |
| 2019 | 8.0 | 15 |
| 2020 | 5.0 | 7 |
| 2021 | 9.0 | 11 |
| 2022 | 8.0 | 10 |
| 2023 | 7.0 | 12 |
| 2024 | 7.0 | 7 |
| 2025 | 18 | 23 |
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.