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Wildfires in Texas
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 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 121,250 km² of Texas at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 13,010 km², ranking 1st 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 15,980 km² detected; the quietest was 2014, with 10,790 km². The 2021–2025 average is 19% 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.
August, September and October together hold 29% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 27 February 2024, with detections in 668 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 121,250 km² with at least one detection, 10% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 87,900 | 72% |
| 2 years | 21,300 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 10,070 | 8.3% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,540 | 1.3% |
| 11 years or more | 436 | 0.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 32.25, -101.75 and holds 4.3% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 11,760 | 22,319 |
| 2013 | 12,560 | 23,869 |
| 2014 | 10,790 | 23,007 |
| 2015 | 10,880 | 24,146 |
| 2016 | 12,800 | 26,777 |
| 2017 | 13,570 | 29,530 |
| 2018 | 13,680 | 32,215 |
| 2019 | 12,040 | 39,467 |
| 2020 | 14,010 | 33,677 |
| 2021 | 13,450 | 30,357 |
| 2022 | 15,980 | 35,167 |
| 2023 | 13,810 | 34,679 |
| 2024 | 12,960 | 33,554 |
| 2025 | 13,860 | 35,121 |
Other regions of United States
- 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
- 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.
Nearby regions
- New Mexico188 km
- Coahuila, Mexico613 km
- Oklahoma709 km
- Colorado720 km
- Nuevo León, Mexico737 km
- Sonora, Mexico792 km