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Wildfires in United States
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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- Alabama1 fire
- Alaska1 fire
- Arizona4 fires
- Arkansas17 fires
- California31 fires
- Colorado11 fires
- Connecticutno fires now
- Delaware1 fire
- Florida6 fires
- Georgia1 fire
- Hawaii1 fire
- Idaho6 fires
- Illinois15 fires
- Indiana9 fires
- Iowa7 fires
- Kansas12 fires
- Kentuckyno fires now
- Louisiana72 fires
- Maineno fires now
- Maryland1 fire
- Massachusetts2 fires
- Michigan7 fires
- Minnesota10 fires
- Mississippi16 fires
- Missouri31 fires
- Montana1 fire
- Nebraska11 fires
- Nevada5 fires
- New Hampshireno fires now
- New Jersey2 fires
- New Mexico14 fires
- New York7 fires
- North Carolinano fires now
- North Dakota49 fires
- Ohio4 fires
- Oklahoma42 fires
- Oregon8 fires
- Pennsylvania5 fires
- Rhode Islandno fires now
- South Carolinano fires now
- South Dakota4 fires
- Tennessee1 fire
- Texas199 fires
- Utah13 fires
- Vermontno fires now
- Virginiano fires now
- Washington23 fires
- West Virginia2 fires
- Wisconsin7 fires
- Wyoming9 fires
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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 2026-09-21
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 1,246,530 km² of United States at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 133,530 km², ranking 18th of 200 countries.
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 2017, with 146,810 km² detected; the quietest was 2013, with 115,410 km². The 2021–2025 average is 7.6% 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.
July, August and September together hold 36% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 9 September 2020, with detections in 7,491 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,246,530 km² with at least one detection, 11% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 905,240 | 73% |
| 2 years | 207,180 | 17% |
| 3 to 5 years | 115,500 | 9.3% |
| 6 to 10 years | 16,240 | 1.3% |
| 11 years or more | 2,350 | 0.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 41.75, -87.25 and holds 1.5% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 132,960 | 269,396 |
| 2013 | 115,410 | 224,599 |
| 2014 | 118,920 | 219,349 |
| 2015 | 140,230 | 294,441 |
| 2016 | 134,060 | 245,995 |
| 2017 | 146,810 | 299,565 |
| 2018 | 128,990 | 273,172 |
| 2019 | 115,550 | 259,308 |
| 2020 | 146,020 | 303,303 |
| 2021 | 141,780 | 305,878 |
| 2022 | 142,950 | 283,899 |
| 2023 | 125,140 | 239,304 |
| 2024 | 138,920 | 265,384 |
| 2025 | 141,710 | 269,046 |
Nearby countries
- Mexico139,170 km² in an average year
- Canada57,580 km² in an average year
- Honduras25,150 km² in an average year
- Nicaragua20,510 km² in an average year
- Guatemala19,060 km² in an average year
- Cuba16,030 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 countries
- Canada636 km
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What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
