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Wildfires in Gorj
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 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 1,530 km² of Gorj at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 180 km², ranking 15th of 42 regions of Romania.
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 2012, with 390 km² detected; the quietest was 2014, with 36 km². The 2021–2025 average is 60% 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.
February, March and April together hold 60% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 28 March 2022, with detections in 93 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,530 km² with at least one detection, 15% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 941 | 62% |
| 2 years | 354 | 23% |
| 3 to 5 years | 220 | 14% |
| 6 to 10 years | 14 | 0.9% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 44.75, 23.25 and holds 45% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 390 | 511 |
| 2013 | 38 | 46 |
| 2014 | 36 | 52 |
| 2015 | 101 | 124 |
| 2016 | 90 | 112 |
| 2017 | 307 | 383 |
| 2018 | 108 | 136 |
| 2019 | 230 | 301 |
| 2020 | 167 | 224 |
| 2021 | 221 | 404 |
| 2022 | 361 | 573 |
| 2023 | 62 | 83 |
| 2024 | 274 | 350 |
| 2025 | 130 | 172 |
Other regions of Romania
- Dolj656 km² in an average year
- Teleorman633 km² in an average year
- Mehedinți509 km² in an average year
- Tulcea435 km² in an average year
- Timiș378 km² in an average year
- Olt374 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
- Dolj55 km
- Mehedinți68 km
- Vâlcea78 km
- Borski, Serbia96 km
- Olt96 km
- Montana, Bulgaria111 km