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Wildfires in Maharashtra
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 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 162,760 km² of Maharashtra at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 31,990 km², ranking 2nd 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 2018, with 41,850 km² detected; the quietest was 2015, with 23,020 km². The 2021–2025 average is 21% 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.
February, March and April together hold 73% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 24 March 2018, with detections in 1,850 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 162,760 km² with at least one detection, 36% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 69,710 | 43% |
| 2 years | 34,230 | 21% |
| 3 to 5 years | 37,590 | 23% |
| 6 to 10 years | 18,680 | 11% |
| 11 years or more | 2,560 | 1.6% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 19.25, 80.25 and holds 4.4% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 34,010 | 37,709 |
| 2013 | 28,670 | 31,281 |
| 2014 | 24,440 | 26,015 |
| 2015 | 23,020 | 24,987 |
| 2016 | 34,990 | 39,142 |
| 2017 | 32,260 | 35,574 |
| 2018 | 41,850 | 46,247 |
| 2019 | 29,760 | 32,606 |
| 2020 | 23,360 | 25,164 |
| 2021 | 38,260 | 42,283 |
| 2022 | 34,160 | 37,001 |
| 2023 | 30,920 | 33,527 |
| 2024 | 30,410 | 33,076 |
| 2025 | 41,790 | 45,986 |
Other regions of India
- Madhya Pradesh38,920 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
- Uttar Pradesh19,820 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
- Telangana166 km
- Andhra Pradesh420 km
- Chhattisgarh422 km
- Madhya Pradesh467 km
- Odisha548 km
- Karnataka579 km