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Wildfires in Jeju
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 149 km² of Jeju at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 18 km², ranking 11th 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 2015, with 41 km² detected; the quietest was 2023, with 4.1 km². The 2021–2025 average is 63% 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.
March, April and May together hold 73% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 25 April 2015, with detections in 14 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 149 km² with at least one detection, 17% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 97 | 65% |
| 2 years | 26 | 17% |
| 3 to 5 years | 23 | 15% |
| 6 to 10 years | 3.1 | 2.1% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 33.25, 126.25 and holds 44% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6.2 | 6 |
| 2013 | 14 | 21 |
| 2014 | 36 | 293 |
| 2015 | 41 | 163 |
| 2016 | 31 | 108 |
| 2017 | 23 | 32 |
| 2018 | 24 | 53 |
| 2019 | 14 | 29 |
| 2020 | 10 | 14 |
| 2021 | 12 | 24 |
| 2022 | 14 | 29 |
| 2023 | 4.1 | 4 |
| 2024 | 9.3 | 9 |
| 2025 | 7.2 | 7 |
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.