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Wildfires in Sistan and Baluchestan
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 12:28 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 2,310 km² of Sistan and Baluchestan at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 208 km², ranking 20th of 31 regions of Iran.
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 381 km² detected; the quietest was 2013, with 125 km². The 2021–2025 average is 51% 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.
September, October and November together hold 31% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 30 October 2020, with detections in 12 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 2,310 km² with at least one detection, 4.4% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,970 | 85% |
| 2 years | 236 | 10% |
| 3 to 5 years | 81 | 3.5% |
| 6 to 10 years | 11 | 0.5% |
| 11 years or more | 8.8 | 0.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 27.25, 60.25 and holds 18% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 161 | 353 |
| 2013 | 125 | 393 |
| 2014 | 154 | 479 |
| 2015 | 223 | 624 |
| 2016 | 210 | 577 |
| 2017 | 169 | 595 |
| 2018 | 179 | 621 |
| 2019 | 133 | 602 |
| 2020 | 242 | 794 |
| 2021 | 326 | 942 |
| 2022 | 189 | 687 |
| 2023 | 204 | 678 |
| 2024 | 221 | 681 |
| 2025 | 381 | 838 |
Other regions of Iran
- Khuzestan3,680 km² in an average year
- Fars1,460 km² in an average year
- Kermanshah934 km² in an average year
- Lorestan580 km² in an average year
- Golestan539 km² in an average year
- Ilam451 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.