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Wildfires in Plovdiv
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 07:28 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 1,440 km² of Plovdiv at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 180 km², ranking 7th of 28 regions of Bulgaria.
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 2013, with 334 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 71 km². The 2021–2025 average is 40% 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 43% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 12 October 2013, with detections in 22 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,440 km² with at least one detection, 16% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 904 | 63% |
| 2 years | 306 | 21% |
| 3 to 5 years | 181 | 13% |
| 6 to 10 years | 45 | 3.1% |
| 11 years or more | 3.7 | 0.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 42.25, 24.75 and holds 70% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 264 | 335 |
| 2013 | 334 | 445 |
| 2014 | 138 | 174 |
| 2015 | 146 | 193 |
| 2016 | 237 | 346 |
| 2017 | 155 | 188 |
| 2018 | 170 | 242 |
| 2019 | 226 | 303 |
| 2020 | 174 | 251 |
| 2021 | 156 | 211 |
| 2022 | 161 | 224 |
| 2023 | 135 | 165 |
| 2024 | 152 | 206 |
| 2025 | 71 | 86 |
Other regions of Bulgaria
- Vratsa433 km² in an average year
- Pleven387 km² in an average year
- Montana304 km² in an average year
- Dobrich263 km² in an average year
- Silistra188 km² in an average year
- Lovech184 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
- Pazardzhik41 km
- Sofia69 km
- Stara Zagora82 km
- Pleven118 km
- Lovech118 km
- Veliko Tarnovo118 km