AURSEEAursee
Wildfires in Khammouane
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 08:29 UTC
Follow Khammouane: fire alerts by email
Fire alerts for Khammouane
Free. One email when satellites detect fire anywhere in Khammouane, then at most one update a day while fires continue.
Free. Pick a town and we email you when satellites detect fire within 30 km of it.
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 10,790 km² of Khammouane at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 3,930 km², ranking 10th 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 2023, with 5,620 km² detected; the quietest was 2017, with 2,670 km². The 2021–2025 average is 26% 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 87% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 16 March 2021, with detections in 566 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 10,790 km² with at least one detection, 73% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,690 | 16% |
| 2 years | 1,270 | 12% |
| 3 to 5 years | 3,280 | 30% |
| 6 to 10 years | 3,840 | 36% |
| 11 years or more | 702 | 6.5% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 17.25, 105.25 and holds 27% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
Show the table
| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,680 | 3,041 |
| 2013 | 3,630 | 4,586 |
| 2014 | 3,190 | 3,917 |
| 2015 | 4,660 | 6,516 |
| 2016 | 4,060 | 5,126 |
| 2017 | 2,670 | 3,013 |
| 2018 | 3,250 | 3,922 |
| 2019 | 3,980 | 5,250 |
| 2020 | 3,830 | 4,971 |
| 2021 | 4,060 | 5,601 |
| 2022 | 4,440 | 6,848 |
| 2023 | 5,620 | 9,698 |
| 2024 | 4,920 | 7,877 |
| 2025 | 3,990 | 5,381 |
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
- Nakhon Phanom, Thailand53 km
- Mukdahan, Thailand119 km
- Savannakhet119 km
- Hà Tĩnh, Vietnam153 km
- Quảng Bình, Vietnam159 km
- Sakon Nakhon, Thailand168 km