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Wildfires in Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti
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 149 km² of Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 12 km², ranking 11th 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 48 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 0.0 km². The 2021–2025 average is 32% higher 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.
November, December and January together hold 71% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 23 November 2025, with detections in 19 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 149 km² with at least one detection, 3.1% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 136 | 91% |
| 2 years | 8.2 | 5.5% |
| 3 to 5 years | 4.6 | 3.1% |
| 6 to 10 years | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 42.25, 43.75 and holds 28% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 11 | 12 |
| 2013 | 5.5 | 6 |
| 2014 | 7.3 | 8 |
| 2015 | 14 | 15 |
| 2016 | 11 | 12 |
| 2017 | 4.6 | 5 |
| 2018 | 3.6 | 4 |
| 2019 | 36 | 60 |
| 2020 | 11 | 13 |
| 2021 | 11 | 15 |
| 2022 | 3.7 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0.9 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 48 | 72 |
Other regions of Georgia
- Kakheti493 km² in an average year
- 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
- 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.