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Wildfires in Kansas
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 53,410 km² of Kansas at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 6,780 km², ranking 5th 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 11,270 km² detected; the quietest was 2013, with 3,100 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.
March, April and May together hold 75% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 11 April 2017, with detections in 1,657 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 53,410 km² with at least one detection, 20% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 31,030 | 58% |
| 2 years | 11,870 | 22% |
| 3 to 5 years | 9,560 | 18% |
| 6 to 10 years | 918 | 1.7% |
| 11 years or more | 25 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 38.75, -96.25 and holds 5.5% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4,910 | 5,602 |
| 2013 | 3,100 | 3,543 |
| 2014 | 7,910 | 8,900 |
| 2015 | 7,300 | 8,210 |
| 2016 | 11,270 | 12,817 |
| 2017 | 8,520 | 9,460 |
| 2018 | 5,180 | 5,899 |
| 2019 | 6,280 | 6,980 |
| 2020 | 7,180 | 8,064 |
| 2021 | 6,790 | 7,747 |
| 2022 | 6,770 | 7,771 |
| 2023 | 5,560 | 6,484 |
| 2024 | 6,420 | 7,542 |
| 2025 | 7,700 | 8,858 |
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
- 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.