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Wildfires in Gangwon
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 12:28 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 851 km² of Gangwon at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 92 km², ranking 5th 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 2022, with 394 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 39 km². The 2021–2025 average is 80% 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 33% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 5 March 2022, with detections in 157 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 851 km² with at least one detection, 6.7% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 715 | 84% |
| 2 years | 79 | 9.3% |
| 3 to 5 years | 31 | 3.7% |
| 6 to 10 years | 7.0 | 0.8% |
| 11 years or more | 19 | 2.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 37.25, 129.25 and holds 54% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 39 | 1,268 |
| 2013 | 67 | 1,471 |
| 2014 | 71 | 1,406 |
| 2015 | 89 | 1,571 |
| 2016 | 60 | 1,407 |
| 2017 | 100 | 1,505 |
| 2018 | 84 | 1,313 |
| 2019 | 117 | 1,288 |
| 2020 | 67 | 1,121 |
| 2021 | 57 | 1,062 |
| 2022 | 394 | 1,598 |
| 2023 | 54 | 1,124 |
| 2024 | 40 | 1,058 |
| 2025 | 42 | 916 |
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
- South Gyeongsang85 km² in an average year
- South Chungcheong77 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
- North Chungcheong88 km
- North Gyeongsang111 km
- Kangwon, Dem. Rep. Korea212 km
- Incheon221 km
- Ulsan222 km
- South Gyeongsang226 km