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Wildfires in Karnataka
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 91,740 km² of Karnataka at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 15,320 km², ranking 9th of 35 regions of India.
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 2023, with 22,030 km² detected; the quietest was 2013, with 12,520 km². The 2021–2025 average is 35% higher 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.
January, February and March together hold 65% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 5 March 2023, with detections in 852 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 91,740 km² with at least one detection, 32% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 42,070 | 46% |
| 2 years | 20,730 | 23% |
| 3 to 5 years | 22,120 | 24% |
| 6 to 10 years | 6,530 | 7.1% |
| 11 years or more | 285 | 0.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 15.25, 76.75 and holds 9.4% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 12,880 | 14,645 |
| 2013 | 12,520 | 14,847 |
| 2014 | 13,270 | 14,882 |
| 2015 | 12,550 | 14,475 |
| 2016 | 16,310 | 19,307 |
| 2017 | 12,780 | 15,641 |
| 2018 | 14,670 | 17,304 |
| 2019 | 13,790 | 15,760 |
| 2020 | 14,880 | 16,350 |
| 2021 | 15,280 | 16,292 |
| 2022 | 15,280 | 16,870 |
| 2023 | 22,030 | 24,616 |
| 2024 | 16,490 | 18,100 |
| 2025 | 21,810 | 24,215 |
Other regions of India
- Madhya Pradesh38,920 km² in an average year
- Maharashtra31,990 km² in an average year
- Punjab30,530 km² in an average year
- Chhattisgarh28,500 km² in an average year
- Odisha27,930 km² in an average year
- Telangana19,840 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
- Andhra Pradesh221 km
- Goa326 km
- Tamil Nadu437 km
- Telangana465 km
- Maharashtra579 km
- Kerala611 km