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Wildfires in Bagmati Zone
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 4,390 km² of Bagmati Zone at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 727 km², ranking 10th of 14 regions of Nepal.
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 2016, with 1,690 km² detected; the quietest was 2015, with 102 km². The 2021–2025 average is 45% 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.
March, April and May together hold 88% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 9 April 2016, with detections in 202 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 4,390 km² with at least one detection, 34% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,850 | 42% |
| 2 years | 1,050 | 24% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,260 | 29% |
| 6 to 10 years | 232 | 5.3% |
| 11 years or more | 1.1 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 27.75, 84.75 and holds 28% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 496 | 555 |
| 2013 | 667 | 749 |
| 2014 | 615 | 676 |
| 2015 | 102 | 105 |
| 2016 | 1,690 | 2,201 |
| 2017 | 135 | 130 |
| 2018 | 541 | 603 |
| 2019 | 335 | 347 |
| 2020 | 393 | 422 |
| 2021 | 1,610 | 1,941 |
| 2022 | 238 | 269 |
| 2023 | 1,170 | 1,392 |
| 2024 | 1,670 | 2,008 |
| 2025 | 504 | 573 |
Other regions of Nepal
- Bheri Zone2,620 km² in an average year
- Narayani Zone2,450 km² in an average year
- Seti Zone1,830 km² in an average year
- Lumbini Zone1,680 km² in an average year
- Rapti Zone1,540 km² in an average year
- Mahakali Zone1,240 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
- Narayani Zone55 km
- Gandaki Zone74 km
- Lumbini Zone98 km
- Dhaulagiri Zone112 km
- Janakpur Zone113 km
- Uttar Pradesh, India204 km