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Wildfires in Shirak
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 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 595 km² of Shirak at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 63 km², ranking 7th 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 2016, with 159 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 13 km². The 2021–2025 average is 24% 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 82% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 20 October 2018, with detections in 17 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 595 km² with at least one detection, 10% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 398 | 67% |
| 2 years | 137 | 23% |
| 3 to 5 years | 58 | 10% |
| 6 to 10 years | 0.9 | 0.2% |
| 11 years or more | 0.9 | 0.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 40.75, 43.75 and holds 82% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 38 | 43 |
| 2013 | 70 | 83 |
| 2014 | 36 | 41 |
| 2015 | 54 | 63 |
| 2016 | 159 | 187 |
| 2017 | 35 | 41 |
| 2018 | 156 | 183 |
| 2019 | 50 | 57 |
| 2020 | 22 | 27 |
| 2021 | 13 | 17 |
| 2022 | 15 | 17 |
| 2023 | 77 | 91 |
| 2024 | 57 | 63 |
| 2025 | 108 | 130 |
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
- Kotayk66 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
- Lori42 km
- Armavir69 km
- Kotayk101 km
- Shida Kartli, Georgia118 km
- Iğdır, Turkey119 km
- Qazax, Azerbaijan137 km