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Wildfires in Uttar Pradesh
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 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 107,290 km² of Uttar Pradesh at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 19,820 km², ranking 7th 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 25,910 km² detected; the quietest was 2020, with 14,670 km². The 2021–2025 average is 27% 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.
March, April and May together hold 50% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 24 April 2022, with detections in 1,306 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 107,290 km² with at least one detection, 35% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 47,150 | 44% |
| 2 years | 22,930 | 21% |
| 3 to 5 years | 25,670 | 24% |
| 6 to 10 years | 10,540 | 10% |
| 11 years or more | 1,000 | 0.9% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 27.25, 82.75 and holds 6.1% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 20,020 | 23,547 |
| 2013 | 14,950 | 16,617 |
| 2014 | 15,350 | 17,544 |
| 2015 | 15,630 | 18,250 |
| 2016 | 21,420 | 26,030 |
| 2017 | 20,190 | 23,945 |
| 2018 | 21,720 | 26,165 |
| 2019 | 22,620 | 26,208 |
| 2020 | 14,670 | 15,764 |
| 2021 | 21,660 | 24,536 |
| 2022 | 19,750 | 22,692 |
| 2023 | 17,960 | 19,852 |
| 2024 | 25,910 | 29,722 |
| 2025 | 25,640 | 28,947 |
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
- Rapti Zone, Nepal74 km
- Lumbini Zone, Nepal113 km
- Bheri Zone, Nepal148 km
- Dhaulagiri Zone, Nepal148 km
- Gandaki Zone, Nepal184 km
- Narayani Zone, Nepal197 km