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Wildfires in Kakheti
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 06:20 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 2,840 km² of Kakheti at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 493 km², ranking 1st 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 2025, with 937 km² detected; the quietest was 2023, with 228 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of 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.
July, August and September together hold 65% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 27 July 2025, with detections in 160 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 2,840 km² with at least one detection, 34% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,360 | 48% |
| 2 years | 522 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 682 | 24% |
| 6 to 10 years | 273 | 10% |
| 11 years or more | 4.6 | 0.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 41.25, 46.25 and holds 36% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 549 | 653 |
| 2013 | 340 | 392 |
| 2014 | 304 | 358 |
| 2015 | 540 | 680 |
| 2016 | 640 | 809 |
| 2017 | 677 | 886 |
| 2018 | 514 | 642 |
| 2019 | 555 | 671 |
| 2020 | 418 | 507 |
| 2021 | 452 | 545 |
| 2022 | 410 | 522 |
| 2023 | 228 | 269 |
| 2024 | 340 | 425 |
| 2025 | 937 | 1,225 |
Other regions of Georgia
- Abkhazia260 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.
Nearby regions
- Sheki, Azerbaijan41 km
- Qazax, Azerbaijan83 km
- Kvemo Kartli100 km
- Kalbajar, Azerbaijan111 km
- Agdam, Azerbaijan118 km
- Tartar, Azerbaijan118 km