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Wildfires in Arkansas
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 13:28 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 50,210 km² of Arkansas at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 6,280 km², ranking 7th 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 2016, with 8,400 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 4,300 km². The 2021–2025 average is 14% 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.
August, September and October together hold 45% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 11 October 2016, with detections in 301 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 50,210 km² with at least one detection, 18% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 29,630 | 59% |
| 2 years | 11,290 | 22% |
| 3 to 5 years | 8,440 | 17% |
| 6 to 10 years | 807 | 1.6% |
| 11 years or more | 32 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 35.75, -89.75 and holds 10% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5,450 | 7,249 |
| 2013 | 5,270 | 6,878 |
| 2014 | 5,560 | 7,126 |
| 2015 | 6,730 | 8,458 |
| 2016 | 8,400 | 10,590 |
| 2017 | 6,270 | 8,351 |
| 2018 | 4,300 | 6,206 |
| 2019 | 5,180 | 7,172 |
| 2020 | 5,000 | 6,872 |
| 2021 | 6,040 | 8,117 |
| 2022 | 7,530 | 10,018 |
| 2023 | 7,360 | 9,480 |
| 2024 | 7,330 | 9,471 |
| 2025 | 7,470 | 10,288 |
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.