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Wildfires in North Gyeongsang
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 09:19 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 1,520 km² of North Gyeongsang at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 162 km², ranking 1st 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 2025, with 875 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 77 km². The 2021–2025 average is 189% 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 25 March 2025, with detections in 582 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,520 km² with at least one detection, 7.5% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,320 | 87% |
| 2 years | 85 | 5.6% |
| 3 to 5 years | 56 | 3.7% |
| 6 to 10 years | 35 | 2.3% |
| 11 years or more | 23 | 1.5% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 36.25, 129.25 and holds 66% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 77 | 1,205 |
| 2013 | 83 | 1,405 |
| 2014 | 105 | 1,290 |
| 2015 | 100 | 1,236 |
| 2016 | 98 | 1,232 |
| 2017 | 110 | 1,272 |
| 2018 | 116 | 1,297 |
| 2019 | 106 | 1,272 |
| 2020 | 138 | 1,320 |
| 2021 | 100 | 1,209 |
| 2022 | 130 | 1,105 |
| 2023 | 131 | 1,205 |
| 2024 | 104 | 909 |
| 2025 | 875 | 2,046 |
Other regions of Republic of Korea
- 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
- 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
- Gangwon111 km
- Ulsan111 km
- South Gyeongsang120 km
- Busan120 km
- North Chungcheong142 km
- South Chungcheong230 km