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Wildfires in Alabama
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 06:20 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 49,640 km² of Alabama at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 5,940 km², ranking 9th of 51 regions of United States.
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 7,280 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 4,920 km². The 2021–2025 average is 23% 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 33% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 26 February 2025, with detections in 392 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 49,640 km² with at least one detection, 16% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 30,810 | 62% |
| 2 years | 11,090 | 22% |
| 3 to 5 years | 6,980 | 14% |
| 6 to 10 years | 685 | 1.4% |
| 11 years or more | 82 | 0.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 33.25, -86.75 and holds 13% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4,920 | 9,980 |
| 2013 | 5,240 | 9,847 |
| 2014 | 6,090 | 11,447 |
| 2015 | 5,460 | 9,901 |
| 2016 | 5,590 | 10,514 |
| 2017 | 6,240 | 11,301 |
| 2018 | 5,270 | 10,167 |
| 2019 | 5,200 | 10,025 |
| 2020 | 5,440 | 10,133 |
| 2021 | 6,070 | 11,057 |
| 2022 | 7,080 | 12,279 |
| 2023 | 6,050 | 10,833 |
| 2024 | 7,280 | 12,124 |
| 2025 | 7,180 | 12,546 |
Other regions of United States
- Texas13,010 km² in an average year
- Georgia10,210 km² in an average year
- California9,720 km² in an average year
- Florida8,510 km² in an average year
- Kansas6,780 km² in an average year
- Oklahoma6,770 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.