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Wildfires in Central
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 574 km² of Central at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 80 km², ranking 3rd of 6 regions of Israel.
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 2013, with 166 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 34 km². The 2021–2025 average is 45% 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.
May, June and July together hold 35% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 28 April 2013, with detections in 60 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 574 km² with at least one detection, 21% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 319 | 56% |
| 2 years | 133 | 23% |
| 3 to 5 years | 97 | 17% |
| 6 to 10 years | 22 | 3.9% |
| 11 years or more | 2.1 | 0.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 31.75, 34.75 and holds 81% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 101 | 265 |
| 2013 | 166 | 376 |
| 2014 | 64 | 257 |
| 2015 | 94 | 264 |
| 2016 | 107 | 320 |
| 2017 | 97 | 274 |
| 2018 | 78 | 239 |
| 2019 | 74 | 251 |
| 2020 | 49 | 225 |
| 2021 | 61 | 254 |
| 2022 | 34 | 244 |
| 2023 | 63 | 250 |
| 2024 | 65 | 290 |
| 2025 | 68 | 275 |
Other regions of Israel
- Northern199 km² in an average year
- Southern168 km² in an average year
- Haifa33 km² in an average year
- Jerusalem32 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
- Southern0 km
- Jerusalem0 km
- West Bank, Palestine72 km
- Northern120 km
- Haifa120 km
- North Sinai, Egypt146 km