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Wildfires in Punjab
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 07:28 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 48,120 km² of Punjab at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 30,530 km², ranking 3rd 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 2016, with 36,330 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 16,680 km². The 2021–2025 average is 23% 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.
October, November and December together hold 74% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 7 November 2016, with detections in 5,925 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 48,120 km² with at least one detection, 92% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,080 | 4.3% |
| 2 years | 1,830 | 3.8% |
| 3 to 5 years | 5,400 | 11% |
| 6 to 10 years | 18,890 | 39% |
| 11 years or more | 19,930 | 41% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 30.25, 75.75 and holds 8.5% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 33,440 | 70,290 |
| 2013 | 32,750 | 65,340 |
| 2014 | 34,290 | 74,986 |
| 2015 | 32,210 | 63,645 |
| 2016 | 36,330 | 83,631 |
| 2017 | 32,070 | 60,230 |
| 2018 | 31,780 | 62,232 |
| 2019 | 31,070 | 54,892 |
| 2020 | 34,050 | 75,524 |
| 2021 | 35,110 | 75,396 |
| 2022 | 30,870 | 55,486 |
| 2023 | 26,710 | 43,519 |
| 2024 | 20,010 | 25,497 |
| 2025 | 16,680 | 20,137 |
Other regions of India
- Madhya Pradesh38,920 km² in an average year
- Maharashtra31,990 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
- Haryana55 km
- Himachal Pradesh146 km
- Delhi221 km
- Punjab, Pakistan292 km
- Jammu and Kashmir293 km
- Uttarakhand341 km