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Districts that have burned most often in Thailand

Districts of Thailand with at least one fire larger than 1,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 302. With two or more: 238. Top of the list is Mae Sariang, which has burned 135 times in 11 years, with 519,585 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1Mae SariangMae Hong Son Province135×11 years · 519,585 ha
  2. 2Sam NgaoTak Province132×10 years · 300,491 ha
  3. 3Si SawatKanchanaburi Province105×10 years · 303,354 ha
  4. 4Sop MoeiMae Hong Son Province84×11 years · 159,000 ha
  5. 5Mueang Mae Hong SonMae Hong Son Province82×11 years · 256,299 ha
  6. 6LiChiang Mai Province82×10 years · 159,275 ha
  7. 7Thong Pha PhumKanchanaburi Province81×10 years · 199,543 ha
  8. 8PaiMae Hong Son Province81×11 years · 189,514 ha
  9. 9Tha Song YangTak Province80×10 years · 195,275 ha
  10. 10Chiang DaoChiang Mai Province69×8 years · 119,497 ha
  11. 11Mae SuaiChiang Rai Province66×8 years · 183,134 ha
  12. 12Wiang SaNan Province64×10 years · 142,918 ha
  13. 13Ban RaiUthai Thani Province62×9 years · 329,470 ha
  14. 14Tha PlaUttaradit Province62×11 years · 86,263 ha
  15. 15Mae RamatTak Province60×10 years · 110,824 ha
  16. 16Pang MaphaMae Hong Son Province57×10 years · 133,268 ha
  17. 17Nong Bua DaengChaiyaphum Province56×10 years · 88,502 ha
  18. 18ThoenLampang Province56×10 years · 82,845 ha
  19. 19Sai YokKanchanaburi Province55×9 years · 155,976 ha
  20. 20Mae ChaemChiang Mai Province53×7 years · 109,302 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1Mae SariangMae Hong Son Province519,585 ha135× · 2.0×
  2. 2Ban RaiUthai Thani Province329,470 ha62× · 99 %
  3. 3Si SawatKanchanaburi Province303,354 ha105× · 1.0×
  4. 4Sam NgaoTak Province300,491 ha132× · 1.1×
  5. 5Mueang Mae Hong SonMae Hong Son Province256,299 ha82× · 1.1×
  6. 6Thong Pha PhumKanchanaburi Province199,543 ha81× · 51 %
  7. 7Tha Song YangTak Province195,275 ha80× · 100 %
  8. 8PaiMae Hong Son Province189,514 ha81× · 82 %
  9. 9Mae SuaiChiang Rai Province183,134 ha66× · 1.3×
  10. 10LiChiang Mai Province159,275 ha82× · 88 %
  11. 11Sop MoeiMae Hong Son Province159,000 ha84× · 1.1×
  12. 12Sai YokKanchanaburi Province155,976 ha55× · 60 %
  13. 13Wiang SaNan Province142,918 ha64× · 68 %
  14. 14Pang MaphaMae Hong Son Province133,268 ha57× · 1.2×
  15. 15Lan SakUthai Thani Province121,674 ha33× · 83 %
  16. 16Khlong LanKamphaeng Phet Province120,428 ha43× · 82 %
  17. 17Chiang DaoChiang Mai Province119,497 ha69× · 54 %
  18. 18Sangkhla BuriKanchanaburi Province115,783 ha49× · 36 %
  19. 19Mae RamatTak Province110,824 ha60× · 72 %
  20. 20Mae ChaemChiang Mai Province109,302 ha53× · 40 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1Mae SariangMae Hong Son Province2.0×519,585 ha · 2,639 km²
  2. 2Pang Sila ThongKamphaeng Phet Province1.3×98,569 ha · 756 km²
  3. 3Mae SuaiChiang Rai Province1.3×183,134 ha · 1,409 km²
  4. 4Pang MaphaMae Hong Son Province1.2×133,268 ha · 1,106 km²
  5. 5Sop MoeiMae Hong Son Province1.1×159,000 ha · 1,436 km²
  6. 6Mueang Mae Hong SonMae Hong Son Province1.1×256,299 ha · 2,333 km²
  7. 7Sam NgaoTak Province1.1×300,491 ha · 2,756 km²
  8. 8Si SawatKanchanaburi Province1.0×303,354 ha · 3,032 km²
  9. 9Tha Song YangTak Province100 %195,275 ha · 1,959 km²
  10. 10Ban RaiUthai Thani Province99 %329,470 ha · 3,312 km²
  11. 11LiChiang Mai Province88 %159,275 ha · 1,805 km²
  12. 12Ban ThiLamphun Province87 %12,056 ha · 139 km²
  13. 13Na NoiNan Province86 %104,280 ha · 1,218 km²
  14. 14Lan SakUthai Thani Province83 %121,674 ha · 1,459 km²
  15. 15PaiMae Hong Son Province82 %189,514 ha · 2,300 km²
  16. 16Khlong LanKamphaeng Phet Province82 %120,428 ha · 1,470 km²
  17. 17SamoengChiang Mai Province82 %82,628 ha · 1,013 km²
  18. 18Mae PhrikLampang Province80 %53,540 ha · 667 km²
  19. 19Na YungUdon Thani Province79 %40,461 ha · 515 km²
  20. 20Phu SangPhayao Province73 %21,550 ha · 296 km²

How it is calculated

We count fires larger than 1,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016 that reached each municipality, even partly. Hectares are those burned inside the municipality and are added fire by fire, so land that burned twice counts twice; that is why the share, given only for municipalities of 10 km² or more, can exceed 100 % (it is then shown as a multiple). It describes what happened: it does not measure risk or say anything about causes.