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Wildfires in Missouri
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 43,020 km² of Missouri at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 4,560 km², ranking 11th 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 2024, with 5,940 km² detected; the quietest was 2019, with 3,320 km². The 2021–2025 average is 22% 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 41% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 20 March 2024, with detections in 259 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 43,020 km² with at least one detection, 11% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 30,150 | 70% |
| 2 years | 8,250 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 years | 4,290 | 10% |
| 6 to 10 years | 293 | 0.7% |
| 11 years or more | 36 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 37.75, -90.25 and holds 6.6% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4,680 | 6,289 |
| 2013 | 3,420 | 4,702 |
| 2014 | 4,310 | 5,581 |
| 2015 | 4,240 | 5,521 |
| 2016 | 4,780 | 6,500 |
| 2017 | 4,930 | 6,648 |
| 2018 | 4,020 | 5,476 |
| 2019 | 3,320 | 4,577 |
| 2020 | 3,970 | 5,470 |
| 2021 | 4,780 | 6,375 |
| 2022 | 4,720 | 6,239 |
| 2023 | 5,400 | 7,230 |
| 2024 | 5,940 | 7,671 |
| 2025 | 5,290 | 6,984 |
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.