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Wildfires in Abkhazia
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 1,540 km² of Abkhazia at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 260 km², ranking 2nd of 12 regions of Georgia.
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 428 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 120 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.
February, March and April together hold 67% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 15 February 2014, with detections in 75 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,540 km² with at least one detection, 32% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 815 | 53% |
| 2 years | 233 | 15% |
| 3 to 5 years | 336 | 22% |
| 6 to 10 years | 150 | 10% |
| 11 years or more | 2.7 | 0.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 42.75, 41.75 and holds 47% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 261 | 343 |
| 2013 | 238 | 318 |
| 2014 | 353 | 503 |
| 2015 | 242 | 304 |
| 2016 | 299 | 384 |
| 2017 | 345 | 467 |
| 2018 | 120 | 149 |
| 2019 | 428 | 713 |
| 2020 | 301 | 381 |
| 2021 | 208 | 278 |
| 2022 | 120 | 147 |
| 2023 | 158 | 201 |
| 2024 | 246 | 303 |
| 2025 | 322 | 444 |
Other regions of Georgia
- Kakheti493 km² in an average year
- Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti114 km² in an average year
- Kvemo Kartli101 km² in an average year
- Shida Kartli74 km² in an average year
- Guria53 km² in an average year
- Samtskhe–Javakheti52 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.