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Wildfires in Utah
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 08:29 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 12,550 km² of Utah at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,050 km², ranking 29th 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 2018, with 2,430 km² detected; the quietest was 2015, with 539 km². The 2021–2025 average is 14% 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.
June, July and August together hold 52% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 28 June 2012, with detections in 283 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 12,550 km² with at least one detection, 2.4% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 11,140 | 89% |
| 2 years | 1,110 | 8.8% |
| 3 to 5 years | 247 | 2.0% |
| 6 to 10 years | 30 | 0.2% |
| 11 years or more | 23 | 0.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 38.75, -112.75 and holds 11% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,990 | 3,441 |
| 2013 | 656 | 1,469 |
| 2014 | 621 | 1,315 |
| 2015 | 539 | 1,217 |
| 2016 | 958 | 2,230 |
| 2017 | 1,210 | 2,585 |
| 2018 | 2,430 | 5,716 |
| 2019 | 808 | 2,246 |
| 2020 | 1,380 | 3,541 |
| 2021 | 688 | 1,712 |
| 2022 | 616 | 1,383 |
| 2023 | 582 | 1,496 |
| 2024 | 913 | 2,314 |
| 2025 | 1,290 | 3,533 |
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
- Nevada329 km
- Wyoming619 km
- Arizona637 km
- Colorado698 km
- California733 km
- Baja California, Mexico757 km