Scottish wildfire and muirburn extents

Dataset containing best available data on wildfires and muirburn locations in Scotland from 2018 onwards. Owing to limitations in satellite imagery availability (cloud) and staff resources this will not be a complete dataset of burns in Scotland.

Data and Resources

ESRI Shapefile (EPSG:27700)ZIP

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ESRI File geodatabase (EPSG:27700)ZIP

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Geopackage (EPSG:27700)ZIP

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GeoJSON (EPSG:4326)ZIP

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GML (EPSG:4258)ZIP

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landscape:wildfire

landscape:wildfire
wildfire

wildfire
NatureScot OpenData Hub

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NatureScot Map Viewer

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Additional Info

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Last Updated	January 21, 2026, 16:15 (UTC)
Created	May 23, 2024, 15:17 (UTC)