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Wildfires in Kotayk
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 08:29 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 557 km² of Kotayk at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 66 km², ranking 6th 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 2018, with 191 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 26 km². The 2021–2025 average is 25% 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.
August, September and October together hold 65% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 14 September 2018, with detections in 20 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 557 km² with at least one detection, 15% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 351 | 63% |
| 2 years | 122 | 22% |
| 3 to 5 years | 76 | 14% |
| 6 to 10 years | 5.6 | 1.0% |
| 11 years or more | 2.8 | 0.5% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 40.25, 44.75 and holds 64% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 61 | 104 |
| 2013 | 73 | 101 |
| 2014 | 47 | 54 |
| 2015 | 38 | 51 |
| 2016 | 101 | 116 |
| 2017 | 87 | 128 |
| 2018 | 191 | 241 |
| 2019 | 55 | 74 |
| 2020 | 31 | 43 |
| 2021 | 28 | 69 |
| 2022 | 79 | 136 |
| 2023 | 28 | 60 |
| 2024 | 26 | 30 |
| 2025 | 79 | 100 |
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
- Ararat92 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
- Gegharkunik42 km
- Armavir42 km
- Ararat55 km
- Lori69 km
- Iğdır, Turkey70 km
- Shirak101 km