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Wildfires in Shan State
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 06:20 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 144,480 km² of Shan State at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 63,710 km², ranking 1st 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 2023, with 73,500 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 42,760 km². The 2021–2025 average is 12% 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 93% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 16 March 2012, with detections in 5,047 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 144,480 km² with at least one detection, 82% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 12,200 | 8.4% |
| 2 years | 13,660 | 9.5% |
| 3 to 5 years | 41,450 | 29% |
| 6 to 10 years | 57,220 | 40% |
| 11 years or more | 19,940 | 14% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 21.25, 97.25 and holds 3.5% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 68,700 | 88,606 |
| 2013 | 71,310 | 95,335 |
| 2014 | 71,580 | 95,399 |
| 2015 | 63,100 | 83,355 |
| 2016 | 65,970 | 85,247 |
| 2017 | 55,460 | 69,611 |
| 2018 | 49,970 | 61,328 |
| 2019 | 72,400 | 101,540 |
| 2020 | 73,230 | 101,978 |
| 2021 | 65,540 | 88,294 |
| 2022 | 42,760 | 52,718 |
| 2023 | 73,500 | 103,052 |
| 2024 | 64,070 | 86,364 |
| 2025 | 54,360 | 70,494 |
Other regions of Myanmar
- 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
- Ayeyarwady8,890 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
- Mandalay196 km
- Kayah State222 km
- Sagaing270 km
- Chiang Rai, Thailand309 km
- Bago319 km
- Mae Hong Son, Thailand337 km