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Wildfires in South 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 574 km² of South Gyeongsang at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 85 km², ranking 6th 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 138 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 58 km². The 2021–2025 average is 35% 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 22 March 2025, with detections in 36 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 574 km² with at least one detection, 19% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 403 | 70% |
| 2 years | 64 | 11% |
| 3 to 5 years | 64 | 11% |
| 6 to 10 years | 31 | 5.5% |
| 11 years or more | 12 | 2.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 35.25, 128.75 and holds 78% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 58 | 252 |
| 2013 | 71 | 333 |
| 2014 | 81 | 310 |
| 2015 | 60 | 269 |
| 2016 | 72 | 210 |
| 2017 | 98 | 316 |
| 2018 | 82 | 382 |
| 2019 | 95 | 450 |
| 2020 | 106 | 494 |
| 2021 | 67 | 334 |
| 2022 | 83 | 374 |
| 2023 | 96 | 406 |
| 2024 | 77 | 348 |
| 2025 | 138 | 482 |
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 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
- Busan0 km
- Ulsan45 km
- North Gyeongsang120 km
- South Jeolla181 km
- North Jeolla189 km
- Gangwon226 km