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Wildfires in Washington
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 10:27 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 37,130 km² of Washington at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 3,300 km², ranking 15th 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 2015, with 6,450 km² detected; the quietest was 2019, with 2,190 km². The 2021–2025 average is 11% 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 67% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 20 August 2015, with detections in 1,357 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 37,130 km² with at least one detection, 4.2% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 30,670 | 83% |
| 2 years | 4,900 | 13% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,460 | 3.9% |
| 6 to 10 years | 73 | 0.2% |
| 11 years or more | 22 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 48.75, -120.25 and holds 4.6% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,960 | 7,762 |
| 2013 | 2,370 | 4,194 |
| 2014 | 3,340 | 6,723 |
| 2015 | 6,450 | 17,966 |
| 2016 | 2,360 | 4,072 |
| 2017 | 3,380 | 9,074 |
| 2018 | 3,340 | 9,033 |
| 2019 | 2,190 | 3,925 |
| 2020 | 4,160 | 6,869 |
| 2021 | 4,920 | 16,220 |
| 2022 | 2,350 | 7,035 |
| 2023 | 2,610 | 4,952 |
| 2024 | 2,360 | 5,281 |
| 2025 | 3,340 | 8,902 |
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
- Idaho497 km
- Montana546 km
- British Columbia, Canada630 km
- Oregon641 km
- Alberta, Canada1,064 km
- Utah1,263 km