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Wildfires in North Kazakhstan
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 10:26 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 42,720 km² of North Kazakhstan at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 4,400 km², ranking 3rd 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 2012, with 12,040 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 260 km². The 2021–2025 average is 52% 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.
April, May and June together hold 85% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 11 April 2012, with detections in 1,985 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 42,720 km² with at least one detection, 8.8% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 28,730 | 67% |
| 2 years | 10,250 | 24% |
| 3 to 5 years | 3,690 | 8.6% |
| 6 to 10 years | 46 | 0.1% |
| 11 years or more | 2.1 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 54.25, 67.25 and holds 2.9% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 12,040 | 17,595 |
| 2013 | 1,360 | 1,933 |
| 2014 | 4,350 | 6,165 |
| 2015 | 4,420 | 6,255 |
| 2016 | 4,230 | 5,997 |
| 2017 | 8,070 | 11,611 |
| 2018 | 3,490 | 4,966 |
| 2019 | 5,940 | 8,482 |
| 2020 | 4,920 | 7,103 |
| 2021 | 3,560 | 5,175 |
| 2022 | 4,080 | 6,215 |
| 2023 | 1,690 | 2,500 |
| 2024 | 260 | 385 |
| 2025 | 3,150 | 4,444 |
Other regions of Kazakhstan
- Karaganda5,560 km² in an average year
- Kostanay5,310 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
- Kyzylorda3,430 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
- Akmola259 km
- Omsk, Russian Federation304 km
- Kostanay331 km
- Kurgan, Russian Federation386 km
- Tyumen', Russian Federation449 km
- Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation537 km