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Wildfires in Murcia
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 944 km² of Murcia at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 102 km², ranking 15th of 52 regions of Spain.
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 2024, with 135 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 82 km². The 2021–2025 average is 26% 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.
June, July and August together hold 30% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 7 October 2020, with detections in 20 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 944 km² with at least one detection, 10% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 748 | 79% |
| 2 years | 106 | 11% |
| 3 to 5 years | 60 | 6.3% |
| 6 to 10 years | 23 | 2.5% |
| 11 years or more | 6.9 | 0.7% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 37.75, -0.75 and holds 54% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 88 | 245 |
| 2013 | 95 | 368 |
| 2014 | 84 | 359 |
| 2015 | 92 | 240 |
| 2016 | 87 | 118 |
| 2017 | 103 | 146 |
| 2018 | 82 | 140 |
| 2019 | 101 | 286 |
| 2020 | 130 | 360 |
| 2021 | 92 | 288 |
| 2022 | 102 | 168 |
| 2023 | 108 | 187 |
| 2024 | 135 | 219 |
| 2025 | 125 | 199 |
Other regions of Spain
- Seville430 km² in an average year
- Asturias392 km² in an average year
- Badajoz388 km² in an average year
- León295 km² in an average year
- Ourense267 km² in an average year
- Cantabria246 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
- Alicante55 km
- Almería142 km
- Valencia166 km
- Castellón226 km
- Oran, Algeria226 km
- Chlef, Algeria243 km