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Wildfires in Prahova
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 07:28 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 813 km² of Prahova at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 86 km², ranking 32nd 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 2019, with 152 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 30 km². The 2021–2025 average is 42% 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.
February, March and April together hold 47% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 21 March 2012, with detections in 21 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 813 km² with at least one detection, 11% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 575 | 71% |
| 2 years | 148 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 82 | 10% |
| 6 to 10 years | 7.1 | 0.9% |
| 11 years or more | 0.9 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 44.75, 26.25 and holds 40% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 140 | 200 |
| 2013 | 67 | 97 |
| 2014 | 111 | 148 |
| 2015 | 95 | 131 |
| 2016 | 78 | 92 |
| 2017 | 113 | 140 |
| 2018 | 68 | 83 |
| 2019 | 152 | 186 |
| 2020 | 102 | 124 |
| 2021 | 30 | 34 |
| 2022 | 109 | 125 |
| 2023 | 48 | 58 |
| 2024 | 58 | 68 |
| 2025 | 39 | 54 |
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.