City report · Hunan, China
Fenghuang Air quality today
Air quality in Fenghuang currently reads AQI 105 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 105
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 37.9
- tree cover
- 80.9%
- trees in this area
- 254K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Fenghuang County, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Jul 13, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Fenghuang · AQI 105 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Fenghuang's tree count comes to 253,901 trees across 12.56 km² of land, already at or above the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Fenghuang today: AQI 105, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 02:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 205 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 205 km, e.g. Huaihua and Xiushan Tujia and Miao Autonomous County, Chongqing, China
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
37.9
PM10
60.3
NO₂
26.9
O₃
15.0
SO₂
32.9
CO
724.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise
- Windows
- Close them to keep the outside air out
- Mask
- Sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one, especially in bedrooms
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Fenghuang's daily AQI at 72 on average, from 43 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 138 on Nov 11.
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Fenghuang: Healthy tree cover
80.9% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.
Trees in this area
253,901
Target trees
253,901
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Fenghuang lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Fenghuang has lost about 713 hectares of forest (about 1,000 football pitches): 5.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 162 hectares (23%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km southwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 713 haabout 1,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 5.3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 162 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is speeding up: about 74 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 31 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2021, when about 154 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2 ha | 5 ha | 7 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 4 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2004 | 6 ha | 27 ha | 32 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | 5 ha | 5 ha |
| 2006 | 1 ha | 11 ha | 12 ha |
| 2007 | 3 ha | 10 ha | 13 ha |
| 2008 | 2 ha | 5 ha | 8 ha |
| 2009 | 8 ha | 7 ha | 14 ha |
| 2010 | 8 ha | 25 ha | 32 ha |
| 2011 | 6 ha | 15 ha | 21 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | 17 ha | 19 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 15 ha | 16 ha |
| 2014 | 1 ha | 3 ha | 4 ha |
| 2015 | 1 ha | 3 ha | 4 ha |
| 2016 | 7 ha | 9 ha | 16 ha |
| 2017 | 13 ha | 20 ha | 33 ha |
| 2018 | 31 ha | 7 ha | 37 ha |
| 2019 | 12 ha | 11 ha | 22 ha |
| 2020 | 19 ha | 25 ha | 44 ha |
| 2021 | 13 ha | 141 ha | 154 ha |
| 2022 | 8 ha | 106 ha | 114 ha |
| 2023 | 6 ha | 18 ha | 24 ha |
| 2024 | 2 ha | 16 ha | 18 ha |
| 2025 | 9 ha | 48 ha | 58 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Fenghuang?
- Loggingcan grow back75% · 534 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good14% · 97 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good4.9% · 35 ha
Also: mining and energy, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 24,500 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 24,500 ha
- Overall change
- +5 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Fenghuang stayed about the same size, at about 24,500 hectares: new forest grew on about 346 hectares, and about 340 hectares were lost.
These 2000 and 2020 maps, from the University of Maryland, count any land with trees taller than 5 m as forest, including plantations and orchards. Forest that was cut or burned and had grown back by 2020 counts in both years, so the loss here is smaller than the yearly figures.
These figures cover everything within 10 km of the city center, a wider area than the report above, because forest is usually lost at a city's edges.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. Forest gained and lost 2000–2020: Potapov et al. 2022, UMD GLAD Global Land Cover and Land Use Change, CC BY 4.0. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Fenghuang right now?
The latest reading for Fenghuang shows an AQI of 105 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), observed Nov 11, 02:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 205 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Fenghuang today?
At AQI 105 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise. Windows: close them to keep the outside air out. Masks: sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Fenghuang been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Fenghuang's daily AQI at 72 on average, from 43 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 138 on Nov 11. On 1 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Fenghuang lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Fenghuang has lost about 713 hectares of forest (about 1,000 football pitches): 5.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 162 hectares (23%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss is speeding up: about 74 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 31 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Fenghuang stayed about the same size, at about 24,500 hectares: new forest grew on about 346 hectares, and about 340 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Fenghuang?
Fenghuang has an estimated 253,901 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 80.9% tree cover, already past the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Fenghuang need?
Fenghuang has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Fenghuang's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality comes from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where one reports nearby, and otherwise, as here, from the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, which may differ from street-level monitors. Tree cover is measured from Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search satellite imagery at 10 m detail across a 2 km radius around Fenghuang County; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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