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Wildfires in Shanxi
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 35,320 km² of Shanxi at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 5,630 km², ranking 13th of 31 regions of China.
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 2013, with 8,380 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 4,080 km². The 2021–2025 average is 24% 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.
March, April and May together hold 31% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 10 October 2013, with detections in 501 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 35,320 km² with at least one detection, 26% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 19,410 | 55% |
| 2 years | 6,590 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 years | 6,660 | 19% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2,200 | 6.2% |
| 11 years or more | 462 | 1.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 35.75, 111.25 and holds 8.6% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5,360 | 24,738 |
| 2013 | 8,380 | 31,946 |
| 2014 | 6,130 | 26,750 |
| 2015 | 5,590 | 26,348 |
| 2016 | 6,090 | 26,001 |
| 2017 | 5,470 | 25,091 |
| 2018 | 7,020 | 27,475 |
| 2019 | 5,940 | 25,241 |
| 2020 | 4,800 | 22,781 |
| 2021 | 4,080 | 19,351 |
| 2022 | 4,790 | 19,186 |
| 2023 | 5,600 | 21,824 |
| 2024 | 4,220 | 16,554 |
| 2025 | 5,380 | 18,725 |
Other regions of China
- Heilongjiang37,120 km² in an average year
- Jilin16,470 km² in an average year
- Yunnan15,170 km² in an average year
- Inner Mongolia11,850 km² in an average year
- Guangxi9,620 km² in an average year
- Liaoning8,350 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.