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Wildfires in Oklahoma
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 09:22 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 56,530 km² of Oklahoma at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 6,770 km², ranking 6th 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 9,450 km² detected; the quietest was 2013, with 5,020 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.
February, March and April together hold 59% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 13 April 2018, with detections in 578 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 56,530 km² with at least one detection, 16% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 35,330 | 63% |
| 2 years | 11,990 | 21% |
| 3 to 5 years | 8,320 | 15% |
| 6 to 10 years | 852 | 1.5% |
| 11 years or more | 27 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 36.75, -96.25 and holds 6.2% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5,980 | 8,136 |
| 2013 | 5,020 | 6,741 |
| 2014 | 6,780 | 8,792 |
| 2015 | 6,460 | 8,183 |
| 2016 | 9,450 | 12,140 |
| 2017 | 7,990 | 10,534 |
| 2018 | 8,080 | 10,565 |
| 2019 | 5,880 | 7,405 |
| 2020 | 5,790 | 7,195 |
| 2021 | 7,240 | 9,338 |
| 2022 | 7,060 | 8,994 |
| 2023 | 5,130 | 6,764 |
| 2024 | 7,220 | 9,224 |
| 2025 | 6,680 | 8,515 |
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
- 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.