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Wildfires in Uttarakhand
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 30,150 km² of Uttarakhand at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 7,820 km², ranking 12th 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 13,520 km² detected; the quietest was 2013, with 3,020 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of 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.
April, May and June together hold 68% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 29 April 2016, with detections in 1,421 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 30,150 km² with at least one detection, 60% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 6,820 | 23% |
| 2 years | 5,380 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 11,450 | 38% |
| 6 to 10 years | 6,250 | 21% |
| 11 years or more | 248 | 0.8% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 29.75, 79.25 and holds 11% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 11,840 | 15,579 |
| 2013 | 3,020 | 3,374 |
| 2014 | 7,390 | 9,024 |
| 2015 | 5,320 | 6,291 |
| 2016 | 13,520 | 18,263 |
| 2017 | 4,570 | 5,456 |
| 2018 | 9,350 | 11,956 |
| 2019 | 8,340 | 10,381 |
| 2020 | 3,990 | 4,719 |
| 2021 | 12,000 | 15,686 |
| 2022 | 8,780 | 10,655 |
| 2023 | 5,040 | 5,629 |
| 2024 | 11,720 | 15,109 |
| 2025 | 4,590 | 5,215 |
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
- Mahakali Zone, Nepal111 km
- Seti Zone, Nepal183 km
- Delhi223 km
- Karnali Zone, Nepal248 km
- Himachal Pradesh291 km
- Bheri Zone, Nepal294 km