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Wildfires in Bokeo
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 06:20 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 6,610 km² of Bokeo at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 2,620 km², ranking 14th of 17 regions of Lao PDR.
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 2020, with 3,810 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 1,610 km². The 2021–2025 average is 11% 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.
March, April and May together hold 96% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 18 April 2015, with detections in 519 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 6,610 km² with at least one detection, 81% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 543 | 8.2% |
| 2 years | 693 | 10% |
| 3 to 5 years | 2,220 | 34% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2,740 | 41% |
| 11 years or more | 414 | 6.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 20.25, 100.75 and holds 42% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,820 | 3,555 |
| 2013 | 2,570 | 3,292 |
| 2014 | 2,360 | 2,926 |
| 2015 | 2,800 | 3,693 |
| 2016 | 3,220 | 4,205 |
| 2017 | 1,810 | 2,020 |
| 2018 | 1,610 | 1,655 |
| 2019 | 3,410 | 4,843 |
| 2020 | 3,810 | 5,705 |
| 2021 | 1,860 | 2,036 |
| 2022 | 1,840 | 2,084 |
| 2023 | 3,690 | 5,208 |
| 2024 | 2,690 | 3,376 |
| 2025 | 2,190 | 2,584 |
Other regions of Lao PDR
- Luang Prabang8,430 km² in an average year
- Savannakhet6,800 km² in an average year
- Sainyabuli6,700 km² in an average year
- Vientiane6,130 km² in an average year
- Houaphanh5,370 km² in an average year
- Oudomxay5,220 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
- Luang Namtha76 km
- Oudomxay118 km
- Chiang Rai, Thailand118 km
- Phayao, Thailand122 km
- Sainyabuli152 km
- Luang Prabang156 km