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Districts that have burned most often in United Kingdom

Districts of United Kingdom with at least one fire larger than 100 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 46. With two or more: 23. Top of the list is Highland, which has burned 35 times in 11 years, with 33,484 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1HighlandScotland35×11 years · 33,484 ha
  2. 2PowysWales14×6 years · 11,748 ha
  3. 3WiltshireEngland10×4 years · 3,728 ha
  4. 4CeredigionWales6×4 years · 6,064 ha
  5. 5Newry, Mourne and DownNorthern Ireland5×3 years · 2,824 ha
  6. 6DerbyshireEngland5×3 years · 1,383 ha
  7. 7Fermanagh and OmaghNorthern Ireland5×4 years · 1,167 ha
  8. 8Dumfries and GallowayScotland4×4 years · 6,420 ha
  9. 9OldhamEngland4×4 years · 468 ha
  10. 10MorayScotland3×2 years · 7,787 ha
  11. 11South AyrshireScotland3×3 years · 1,643 ha
  12. 12SurreyEngland3×2 years · 1,052 ha
  13. 13Causeway Coast and GlensNorthern Ireland3×2 years · 771 ha
  14. 14CarmarthenshireWales3×3 years · 662 ha
  15. 15Rhondda Cynon TafWales3×2 years · 363 ha
  16. 16East AyrshireScotland2×2 years · 2,558 ha
  17. 17Mid UlsterNorthern Ireland2×2 years · 1,766 ha
  18. 18Argyll and ButeScotland2×2 years · 1,612 ha
  19. 19TamesideEngland2×2 years · 788 ha
  20. 20Merthyr TydfilWales2×1 year · 577 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1HighlandScotland33,484 ha35× · 1.3 %
  2. 2PowysWales11,748 ha14× · 2.3 %
  3. 3MorayScotland7,787 ha3× · 3.5 %
  4. 4Dumfries and GallowayScotland6,420 ha4× · 1.0 %
  5. 5CeredigionWales6,064 ha6× · 3.4 %
  6. 6WiltshireEngland3,728 ha10× · 1.1 %
  7. 7Newry, Mourne and DownNorthern Ireland2,824 ha5× · 1.7 %
  8. 8East AyrshireScotland2,558 ha2× · 2.0 %
  9. 9Mid UlsterNorthern Ireland1,766 ha2× · 0.9 %
  10. 10North YorkshireEngland1,686 ha1× · 0.2 %
  11. 11South AyrshireScotland1,643 ha3× · 1.3 %
  12. 12Argyll and ButeScotland1,612 ha2× · 0.2 %
  13. 13DerbyshireEngland1,383 ha5× · 0.5 %
  14. 14Fermanagh and OmaghNorthern Ireland1,167 ha5× · 0.4 %
  15. 15SurreyEngland1,052 ha3× · 0.6 %
  16. 16GwyneddWales1,047 ha1× · 0.4 %
  17. 17TamesideEngland788 ha2× · 7.7 %
  18. 18Causeway Coast and GlensNorthern Ireland771 ha3× · 0.4 %
  19. 19CarmarthenshireWales662 ha3× · 0.3 %
  20. 20Merthyr TydfilWales577 ha2× · 5.1 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1TamesideEngland7.7 %788 ha · 102 km²
  2. 2Merthyr TydfilWales5.1 %577 ha · 113 km²
  3. 3Blackburn with DarwenEngland3.5 %485 ha · 139 km²
  4. 4MorayScotland3.5 %7,787 ha · 2,244 km²
  5. 5CeredigionWales3.4 %6,064 ha · 1,781 km²
  6. 6OldhamEngland3.3 %468 ha · 144 km²
  7. 7BoltonEngland2.3 %322 ha · 139 km²
  8. 8PowysWales2.3 %11,748 ha · 5,193 km²
  9. 9East AyrshireScotland2.0 %2,558 ha · 1,271 km²
  10. 10Newry, Mourne and DownNorthern Ireland1.7 %2,824 ha · 1,680 km²
  11. 11South AyrshireScotland1.3 %1,643 ha · 1,221 km²
  12. 12HighlandScotland1.3 %33,484 ha · 26,206 km²
  13. 13TorfaenWales1.2 %152 ha · 126 km²
  14. 14WiltshireEngland1.1 %3,728 ha · 3,254 km²
  15. 15KirkleesEngland1.1 %455 ha · 405 km²
  16. 16Dumfries and GallowayScotland1.0 %6,420 ha · 6,437 km²
  17. 17Mid UlsterNorthern Ireland0.9 %1,766 ha · 1,952 km²
  18. 18East DunbartonshireScotland0.9 %156 ha · 173 km²
  19. 19Rhondda Cynon TafWales0.9 %363 ha · 422 km²
  20. 20DoncasterEngland0.7 %386 ha · 568 km²

How it is calculated

We count fires larger than 100 hectares with a perimeter since 2016 that reached each municipality, even partly. Hectares are those burned inside the municipality and are added fire by fire, so land that burned twice counts twice; that is why the share, given only for municipalities of 10 km² or more, can exceed 100 % (it is then shown as a multiple). It describes what happened: it does not measure risk or say anything about causes.