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Wildfires in Mechi Zone
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 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 2,500 km² of Mechi Zone at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 430 km², ranking 13th 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 2024, with 721 km² detected; the quietest was 2015, with 186 km². The 2021–2025 average is 16% 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 87% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 2 May 2024, with detections in 86 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 2,500 km² with at least one detection, 35% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,100 | 44% |
| 2 years | 532 | 21% |
| 3 to 5 years | 670 | 27% |
| 6 to 10 years | 192 | 7.7% |
| 11 years or more | 2.2 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 26.75, 87.75 and holds 47% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 379 | 407 |
| 2013 | 367 | 388 |
| 2014 | 662 | 763 |
| 2015 | 186 | 194 |
| 2016 | 659 | 750 |
| 2017 | 262 | 265 |
| 2018 | 277 | 288 |
| 2019 | 287 | 295 |
| 2020 | 339 | 367 |
| 2021 | 586 | 677 |
| 2022 | 229 | 241 |
| 2023 | 615 | 701 |
| 2024 | 721 | 820 |
| 2025 | 450 | 483 |
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
- Bhojpur49 km
- Sagarmatha Zone99 km
- Rangpur, Bangladesh121 km
- Janakpur Zone205 km
- Geylegphug, Bhutan297 km
- Narayani Zone302 km