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Wildfires in Maryland
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 1,390 km² of Maryland at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 171 km², ranking 43rd 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 212 km² detected; the quietest was 2014, with 127 km². The 2021–2025 average is 33% 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.
March, April and May together hold 34% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 3 March 2025, with detections in 36 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,390 km² with at least one detection, 16% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 988 | 71% |
| 2 years | 181 | 13% |
| 3 to 5 years | 156 | 11% |
| 6 to 10 years | 52 | 3.8% |
| 11 years or more | 8.7 | 0.6% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 39.75, -77.25 and holds 31% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 157 | 660 |
| 2013 | 146 | 351 |
| 2014 | 127 | 325 |
| 2015 | 143 | 338 |
| 2016 | 167 | 352 |
| 2017 | 204 | 380 |
| 2018 | 134 | 306 |
| 2019 | 149 | 304 |
| 2020 | 182 | 347 |
| 2021 | 195 | 408 |
| 2022 | 209 | 398 |
| 2023 | 188 | 413 |
| 2024 | 179 | 334 |
| 2025 | 212 | 390 |
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
- Delaware128 km
- West Virginia204 km
- Pennsylvania220 km
- New Jersey277 km
- New York404 km
- Ontario, Canada441 km