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Wildfires in Delaware
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 404 km² of Delaware at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 50 km², ranking 46th 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 2017, with 90 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 25 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of 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 37% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 11 June 2017, with detections in 14 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 404 km² with at least one detection, 16% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 272 | 67% |
| 2 years | 68 | 17% |
| 3 to 5 years | 50 | 12% |
| 6 to 10 years | 11 | 2.6% |
| 11 years or more | 2.9 | 0.7% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 39.75, -75.75 and holds 73% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 52 | 201 |
| 2013 | 31 | 186 |
| 2014 | 42 | 189 |
| 2015 | 41 | 184 |
| 2016 | 55 | 223 |
| 2017 | 90 | 236 |
| 2018 | 48 | 175 |
| 2019 | 66 | 226 |
| 2020 | 54 | 197 |
| 2021 | 62 | 225 |
| 2022 | 49 | 220 |
| 2023 | 38 | 207 |
| 2024 | 46 | 185 |
| 2025 | 25 | 196 |
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.
Nearby regions
- Maryland128 km
- New Jersey169 km
- West Virginia321 km
- New York324 km
- Pennsylvania345 km
- Massachusetts476 km