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Wildfires in Michigan
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 11:26 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 5,560 km² of Michigan at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 509 km², ranking 38th 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 2012, with 700 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 391 km². The 2021–2025 average is 10% lower 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.
July, August and September together hold 40% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 8 May 2018, with detections in 50 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 5,560 km² with at least one detection, 3.9% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 4,820 | 87% |
| 2 years | 512 | 9.2% |
| 3 to 5 years | 144 | 2.6% |
| 6 to 10 years | 37 | 0.7% |
| 11 years or more | 38 | 0.7% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 42.25, -83.25 and holds 50% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 700 | 3,547 |
| 2013 | 509 | 3,093 |
| 2014 | 466 | 2,723 |
| 2015 | 596 | 3,041 |
| 2016 | 514 | 3,262 |
| 2017 | 489 | 3,116 |
| 2018 | 513 | 2,774 |
| 2019 | 405 | 2,517 |
| 2020 | 432 | 2,015 |
| 2021 | 552 | 2,454 |
| 2022 | 391 | 2,109 |
| 2023 | 440 | 2,560 |
| 2024 | 581 | 2,533 |
| 2025 | 534 | 2,456 |
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
- Ontario, Canada306 km
- Indiana335 km
- Ohio344 km
- Pennsylvania367 km
- Kentucky409 km
- West Virginia515 km