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Wildfires in Kosovo Polje
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 10:27 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 64 km² of Kosovo Polje at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 15 km², ranking 16th of 30 regions of Kosovo.
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 2023, with 23 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 4.6 km². The 2021–2025 average is 7.7% 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.
July, August and September together hold 80% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 24 July 2015, with detections in 8 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 64 km² with at least one detection, 53% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 20 | 32% |
| 2 years | 10 | 16% |
| 3 to 5 years | 23 | 36% |
| 6 to 10 years | 11 | 17% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 42.75, 21.25 and holds 97% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 17 | 22 |
| 2013 | 22 | 30 |
| 2014 | 17 | 23 |
| 2015 | 15 | 20 |
| 2016 | 11 | 15 |
| 2017 | 15 | 18 |
| 2018 | 4.6 | 5 |
| 2019 | 12 | 13 |
| 2020 | 17 | 19 |
| 2021 | 16 | 18 |
| 2022 | 7.3 | 8 |
| 2023 | 23 | 26 |
| 2024 | 11 | 12 |
| 2025 | 19 | 26 |
Other regions of Kosovo
- Podujevo/Podujeva43 km² in an average year
- Lipljan39 km² in an average year
- Vučitrn32 km² in an average year
- Kosovo and Metohija29 km² in an average year
- Gjakova29 km² in an average year
- Gnjilane28 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.