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Wildfires in Govi-Altai
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 08:29 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 14 km² of Govi-Altai at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1.7 km², ranking 20th of 22 regions of Mongolia.
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 2025, with 4.3 km² detected; the quietest was 2014, with 0.0 km². The 2021–2025 average is 113% 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.
July, August and September together hold 49% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 8 November 2024, with detections in 2 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 14 km² with at least one detection, 19% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 9.6 | 69% |
| 2 years | 1.7 | 12% |
| 3 to 5 years | 2.7 | 19% |
| 6 to 10 years | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 43.75, 95.75 and holds 78% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2.6 | 3 |
| 2013 | 0.9 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0.9 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0.9 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1.7 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0.9 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2.6 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1.7 | 17 |
| 2021 | 2.7 | 39 |
| 2022 | 0.9 | 29 |
| 2023 | 1.7 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1.7 | 2 |
| 2025 | 4.3 | 6 |
Other regions of Mongolia
- Dornod1,840 km² in an average year
- Sükhbaatar458 km² in an average year
- Khövsgöl330 km² in an average year
- Selenge279 km² in an average year
- Khentii247 km² in an average year
- Bulgan77 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.