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Wildfires in Kayah State
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 11,460 km² of Kayah State at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 7,270 km², ranking 10th of 14 regions of Myanmar.
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 8,390 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 5,550 km². The 2021–2025 average is 5.2% 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.
February, March and April together hold 94% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 9 March 2015, with detections in 620 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 11,460 km² with at least one detection, 93% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 416 | 3.6% |
| 2 years | 435 | 3.8% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,440 | 13% |
| 6 to 10 years | 4,470 | 39% |
| 11 years or more | 4,690 | 41% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 19.25, 97.25 and holds 25% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 7,360 | 9,937 |
| 2013 | 7,250 | 10,017 |
| 2014 | 7,090 | 9,574 |
| 2015 | 7,900 | 11,345 |
| 2016 | 7,180 | 10,047 |
| 2017 | 7,510 | 11,026 |
| 2018 | 6,510 | 8,537 |
| 2019 | 7,690 | 11,110 |
| 2020 | 8,390 | 13,145 |
| 2021 | 7,650 | 11,261 |
| 2022 | 5,550 | 7,149 |
| 2023 | 7,250 | 9,993 |
| 2024 | 7,510 | 10,113 |
| 2025 | 6,920 | 8,954 |
Other regions of Myanmar
- Shan State63,710 km² in an average year
- Sagaing22,900 km² in an average year
- Magway17,730 km² in an average year
- Chin State14,450 km² in an average year
- Bago12,170 km² in an average year
- Mandalay9,840 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
- Mae Hong Son, Thailand123 km
- Chiang Mai, Thailand153 km
- Bago167 km
- Lamphun, Thailand193 km
- Shan State222 km
- Magway262 km