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Wildfires in Sikkim
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 396 km² of Sikkim at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 49 km², ranking 30th 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 2024, with 107 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 26 km². The 2021–2025 average is 13% 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 82% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 17 March 2024, with detections in 19 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 396 km² with at least one detection, 18% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 238 | 60% |
| 2 years | 89 | 23% |
| 3 to 5 years | 58 | 15% |
| 6 to 10 years | 11 | 2.8% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 27.25, 88.25 and holds 72% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 46 | 49 |
| 2013 | 40 | 36 |
| 2014 | 80 | 87 |
| 2015 | 34 | 33 |
| 2016 | 46 | 51 |
| 2017 | 56 | 60 |
| 2018 | 26 | 26 |
| 2019 | 45 | 46 |
| 2020 | 35 | 36 |
| 2021 | 58 | 62 |
| 2022 | 31 | 30 |
| 2023 | 48 | 49 |
| 2024 | 107 | 115 |
| 2025 | 34 | 33 |
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.