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Wildfires in South Khorasan
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 13:28 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 127 km² of South Khorasan at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 17 km², ranking 31st 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 29 km² detected; the quietest was 2015, with 9.3 km². The 2021–2025 average is 73% 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.
July, August and September together hold 45% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 2 June 2022, with detections in 5 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 127 km² with at least one detection, 12% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 97 | 76% |
| 2 years | 15 | 12% |
| 3 to 5 years | 6.3 | 5.0% |
| 6 to 10 years | 5.2 | 4.1% |
| 11 years or more | 4.2 | 3.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 33.75, 59.25 and holds 75% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 17 | 233 |
| 2013 | 12 | 209 |
| 2014 | 11 | 205 |
| 2015 | 9.3 | 210 |
| 2016 | 12 | 249 |
| 2017 | 9.4 | 302 |
| 2018 | 17 | 292 |
| 2019 | 21 | 319 |
| 2020 | 25 | 359 |
| 2021 | 25 | 347 |
| 2022 | 14 | 244 |
| 2023 | 20 | 253 |
| 2024 | 21 | 226 |
| 2025 | 29 | 295 |
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.
Nearby regions
- Razavi Khorasan281 km
- North Khorasan399 km
- Ahal, Turkmenistan412 km
- Semnan495 km
- Mary, Turkmenistan498 km
- Yazd517 km