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Wildfires in Louisiana
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 09:19 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 40,140 km² of Louisiana at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 6,000 km², ranking 8th 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 2022, with 7,320 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 4,620 km². The 2021–2025 average is 11% 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.
October, November and December together hold 38% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 28 November 2023, with detections in 248 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 40,140 km² with at least one detection, 23% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 22,590 | 56% |
| 2 years | 8,390 | 21% |
| 3 to 5 years | 6,610 | 16% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2,200 | 5.5% |
| 11 years or more | 353 | 0.9% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 30.25, -91.25 and holds 10% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6,060 | 11,134 |
| 2013 | 6,440 | 10,978 |
| 2014 | 6,340 | 11,249 |
| 2015 | 5,690 | 10,309 |
| 2016 | 5,790 | 11,180 |
| 2017 | 5,510 | 11,120 |
| 2018 | 4,620 | 9,881 |
| 2019 | 4,810 | 10,591 |
| 2020 | 5,250 | 11,020 |
| 2021 | 5,590 | 11,853 |
| 2022 | 7,320 | 13,917 |
| 2023 | 7,040 | 13,702 |
| 2024 | 6,390 | 12,914 |
| 2025 | 7,200 | 14,619 |
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.