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Wildfires in Balkh
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 11:26 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 280 km² of Balkh at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 36 km², ranking 7th of 34 regions of Afghanistan.
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 2021, with 56 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 15 km². The 2021–2025 average is 34% lower 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.
January, February and March together hold 65% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 27 February 2014, with detections in 9 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 280 km² with at least one detection, 19% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 178 | 64% |
| 2 years | 47 | 17% |
| 3 to 5 years | 48 | 17% |
| 6 to 10 years | 6.0 | 2.1% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 37.25, 67.75 and holds 23% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 42 | 48 |
| 2013 | 52 | 59 |
| 2014 | 38 | 40 |
| 2015 | 44 | 49 |
| 2016 | 48 | 54 |
| 2017 | 33 | 39 |
| 2018 | 34 | 34 |
| 2019 | 30 | 30 |
| 2020 | 32 | 33 |
| 2021 | 56 | 68 |
| 2022 | 18 | 20 |
| 2023 | 44 | 54 |
| 2024 | 15 | 19 |
| 2025 | 17 | 18 |
Other regions of Afghanistan
- Kunar68 km² in an average year
- Nimruz53 km² in an average year
- Kunduz45 km² in an average year
- Badghis43 km² in an average year
- Khost39 km² in an average year
- Helmand37 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.