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Wildfires in Phongsaly
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 13,410 km² of Phongsaly at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 3,950 km², ranking 9th 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 6,530 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 2,250 km². The 2021–2025 average is 7.4% 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 91% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 11 April 2023, with detections in 646 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 13,410 km² with at least one detection, 68% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,070 | 15% |
| 2 years | 2,220 | 17% |
| 3 to 5 years | 5,530 | 41% |
| 6 to 10 years | 3,360 | 25% |
| 11 years or more | 230 | 1.7% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 21.25, 102.25 and holds 22% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4,660 | 5,710 |
| 2013 | 3,250 | 3,686 |
| 2014 | 5,060 | 6,303 |
| 2015 | 4,010 | 4,567 |
| 2016 | 3,970 | 4,720 |
| 2017 | 2,780 | 2,993 |
| 2018 | 2,250 | 2,429 |
| 2019 | 5,190 | 6,835 |
| 2020 | 4,680 | 5,701 |
| 2021 | 3,280 | 3,651 |
| 2022 | 2,620 | 2,777 |
| 2023 | 6,530 | 8,720 |
| 2024 | 4,440 | 5,397 |
| 2025 | 2,550 | 2,686 |
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
- Oudomxay76 km
- Điện Biên, Vietnam103 km
- Luang Prabang111 km
- Luang Namtha117 km
- Lai Châu, Vietnam151 km
- Lào Cai, Vietnam164 km