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Wildfires in Xinjiang
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 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 32,650 km² of Xinjiang at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 3,970 km², ranking 17th 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 5,810 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 3,080 km². The 2021–2025 average is 31% 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.
April, May and June together hold 37% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 2 April 2014, with detections in 437 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 32,650 km² with at least one detection, 14% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 22,360 | 68% |
| 2 years | 5,720 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 3,500 | 11% |
| 6 to 10 years | 741 | 2.3% |
| 11 years or more | 322 | 1.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 44.75, 90.25 and holds 6.6% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4,530 | 21,220 |
| 2013 | 5,810 | 25,819 |
| 2014 | 5,710 | 23,057 |
| 2015 | 4,470 | 19,468 |
| 2016 | 4,240 | 18,740 |
| 2017 | 3,960 | 20,140 |
| 2018 | 3,080 | 19,265 |
| 2019 | 3,460 | 19,477 |
| 2020 | 3,320 | 19,437 |
| 2021 | 3,180 | 18,873 |
| 2022 | 3,150 | 17,211 |
| 2023 | 3,580 | 18,512 |
| 2024 | 3,170 | 15,859 |
| 2025 | 3,960 | 18,702 |
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.