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Wildfires in Samtskhe–Javakheti
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 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 527 km² of Samtskhe–Javakheti at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 52 km², ranking 7th 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 2017, with 91 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 6.5 km². The 2021–2025 average is 32% 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 67% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 22 August 2017, with detections in 19 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 527 km² with at least one detection, 8.8% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 404 | 77% |
| 2 years | 77 | 15% |
| 3 to 5 years | 46 | 8.6% |
| 6 to 10 years | 0.9 | 0.2% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 41.25, 43.25 and holds 44% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 84 | 93 |
| 2013 | 66 | 73 |
| 2014 | 49 | 57 |
| 2015 | 51 | 58 |
| 2016 | 67 | 79 |
| 2017 | 91 | 144 |
| 2018 | 32 | 34 |
| 2019 | 46 | 54 |
| 2020 | 20 | 22 |
| 2021 | 6.5 | 8 |
| 2022 | 64 | 85 |
| 2023 | 80 | 102 |
| 2024 | 14 | 15 |
| 2025 | 51 | 61 |
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.