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Wildfires in Georgia
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 09:22 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 69,140 km² of Georgia at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 10,210 km², ranking 2nd 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 2025, with 13,730 km² detected; the quietest was 2015, with 8,260 km². The 2021–2025 average is 17% 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 48% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 20 March 2019, with detections in 506 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 69,140 km² with at least one detection, 25% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 34,840 | 50% |
| 2 years | 16,980 | 25% |
| 3 to 5 years | 14,160 | 20% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2,980 | 4.3% |
| 11 years or more | 191 | 0.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 31.25, -84.25 and holds 5.8% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 8,400 | 10,931 |
| 2013 | 10,220 | 12,657 |
| 2014 | 10,530 | 13,412 |
| 2015 | 8,260 | 10,294 |
| 2016 | 10,260 | 13,048 |
| 2017 | 12,290 | 15,912 |
| 2018 | 9,560 | 11,787 |
| 2019 | 9,070 | 11,817 |
| 2020 | 8,620 | 11,174 |
| 2021 | 9,520 | 11,658 |
| 2022 | 11,630 | 14,475 |
| 2023 | 10,470 | 12,803 |
| 2024 | 10,440 | 12,408 |
| 2025 | 13,730 | 17,898 |
Other regions of United States
- Texas13,010 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
- Arkansas6,280 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
- Florida146 km
- Alabama323 km
- Mississippi477 km
- South Carolina477 km
- Tennessee502 km
- North Carolina643 km