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Wildfires in Atyrau
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 06:20 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 9,110 km² of Atyrau at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 912 km², ranking 13th of 16 regions of Kazakhstan.
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 2,950 km² detected; the quietest was 2013, with 295 km². The 2021–2025 average is 51% 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.
June, July and August together hold 47% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 6 July 2017, with detections in 469 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 9,110 km² with at least one detection, 8.9% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 7,630 | 84% |
| 2 years | 664 | 7.3% |
| 3 to 5 years | 597 | 6.6% |
| 6 to 10 years | 202 | 2.2% |
| 11 years or more | 16 | 0.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 46.25, 53.25 and holds 19% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,240 | 3,095 |
| 2013 | 295 | 1,563 |
| 2014 | 1,020 | 2,344 |
| 2015 | 1,180 | 2,753 |
| 2016 | 374 | 1,524 |
| 2017 | 2,950 | 5,274 |
| 2018 | 1,170 | 2,780 |
| 2019 | 1,290 | 3,221 |
| 2020 | 1,240 | 2,382 |
| 2021 | 458 | 1,160 |
| 2022 | 329 | 914 |
| 2023 | 302 | 1,048 |
| 2024 | 437 | 1,640 |
| 2025 | 504 | 1,631 |
Other regions of Kazakhstan
- Karaganda5,560 km² in an average year
- Kostanay5,310 km² in an average year
- North Kazakhstan4,400 km² in an average year
- Almaty4,010 km² in an average year
- East Kazakhstan3,840 km² in an average year
- Akmola3,730 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
- Mangystau76 km
- Aktobe374 km
- Astrakhan', Russian Federation386 km
- Republic of Dagestan, Russian Federation547 km
- West Kazakhstan555 km
- Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan614 km