AURSEEAursee
Wildfires in Ararat
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 UTC
Follow Ararat: fire alerts by email
Fire alerts for Ararat
Free. One email when satellites detect fire anywhere in Ararat, then at most one update a day while fires continue.
Free. Pick a town and we email you when satellites detect fire within 30 km of it.
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 577 km² of Ararat at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 92 km², ranking 5th of 11 regions of Armenia.
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 2019, with 121 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 66 km². The 2021–2025 average is 15% 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.
February, March and April together hold 39% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 13 August 2017, with detections in 29 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 577 km² with at least one detection, 32% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 294 | 51% |
| 2 years | 101 | 17% |
| 3 to 5 years | 147 | 26% |
| 6 to 10 years | 33 | 5.8% |
| 11 years or more | 1.9 | 0.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 39.75, 44.75 and holds 66% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
Show the table
| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 81 | 119 |
| 2013 | 98 | 164 |
| 2014 | 107 | 150 |
| 2015 | 88 | 144 |
| 2016 | 107 | 156 |
| 2017 | 102 | 143 |
| 2018 | 89 | 141 |
| 2019 | 121 | 174 |
| 2020 | 92 | 142 |
| 2021 | 82 | 140 |
| 2022 | 68 | 128 |
| 2023 | 84 | 170 |
| 2024 | 66 | 122 |
| 2025 | 107 | 210 |
Other regions of Armenia
- Gegharkunik146 km² in an average year
- Syunik102 km² in an average year
- Lori100 km² in an average year
- Armavir100 km² in an average year
- Kotayk66 km² in an average year
- Shirak63 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
- Iğdır, Turkey42 km
- Kotayk55 km
- Gegharkunik70 km
- Armavir70 km
- Lori119 km
- Lankaran, Azerbaijan128 km