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Wildfires in Rapti Zone
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 5,700 km² of Rapti Zone at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,540 km², ranking 5th 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 3,030 km² detected; the quietest was 2020, with 370 km². The 2021–2025 average is 41% 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 92% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 9 April 2016, with detections in 324 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 5,700 km² with at least one detection, 54% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,690 | 30% |
| 2 years | 940 | 16% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,640 | 29% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,210 | 21% |
| 11 years or more | 212 | 3.7% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 27.75, 82.25 and holds 31% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,750 | 2,356 |
| 2013 | 688 | 789 |
| 2014 | 1,700 | 2,186 |
| 2015 | 432 | 478 |
| 2016 | 2,660 | 3,829 |
| 2017 | 1,020 | 1,350 |
| 2018 | 892 | 1,041 |
| 2019 | 1,840 | 2,505 |
| 2020 | 370 | 404 |
| 2021 | 2,920 | 4,073 |
| 2022 | 1,180 | 1,407 |
| 2023 | 2,030 | 2,541 |
| 2024 | 3,030 | 3,951 |
| 2025 | 1,020 | 1,238 |
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
- Mahakali Zone1,240 km² in an average year
- Janakpur Zone1,110 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
- Bheri Zone74 km
- Uttar Pradesh, India74 km
- Lumbini Zone147 km
- Dhaulagiri Zone157 km
- Karnali Zone173 km
- Seti Zone184 km