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Wildfires in Xiangkhouang
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 09:22 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 11,680 km² of Xiangkhouang at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 4,810 km², ranking 7th 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 7,410 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 3,690 km². The 2021–2025 average is 22% 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 92% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 8 April 2022, with detections in 854 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 11,680 km² with at least one detection, 80% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,140 | 10% |
| 2 years | 1,140 | 10% |
| 3 to 5 years | 3,640 | 31% |
| 6 to 10 years | 4,570 | 39% |
| 11 years or more | 1,190 | 10% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 19.75, 103.75 and holds 26% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4,540 | 6,039 |
| 2013 | 3,890 | 5,231 |
| 2014 | 4,750 | 6,154 |
| 2015 | 4,200 | 5,916 |
| 2016 | 4,750 | 6,531 |
| 2017 | 3,900 | 4,815 |
| 2018 | 3,690 | 4,541 |
| 2019 | 5,070 | 7,006 |
| 2020 | 5,600 | 7,678 |
| 2021 | 4,220 | 5,348 |
| 2022 | 4,400 | 5,533 |
| 2023 | 7,410 | 12,604 |
| 2024 | 5,530 | 7,763 |
| 2025 | 5,380 | 7,078 |
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
- Houaphanh55 km
- Nghệ An, Vietnam76 km
- Bolikhamsai111 km
- Luang Prabang166 km
- Bueng Kan, Thailand166 km
- Điện Biên, Vietnam174 km