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Wildfires in Astrakhan'
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 16,890 km² of Astrakhan' at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 3,070 km², ranking 15th of 85 regions of Russian Federation.
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 4,590 km² detected; the quietest was 2016, with 1,430 km². The 2021–2025 average is 17% 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.
February, March and April together hold 68% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 16 March 2023, with detections in 519 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 16,890 km² with at least one detection, 38% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 7,260 | 43% |
| 2 years | 3,240 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 years | 4,780 | 28% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,590 | 9.4% |
| 11 years or more | 22 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 46.75, 48.25 and holds 15% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4,590 | 6,924 |
| 2013 | 2,210 | 3,315 |
| 2014 | 4,130 | 5,983 |
| 2015 | 3,970 | 6,477 |
| 2016 | 1,430 | 2,435 |
| 2017 | 4,050 | 5,982 |
| 2018 | 2,790 | 4,216 |
| 2019 | 3,340 | 5,064 |
| 2020 | 2,990 | 4,685 |
| 2021 | 2,630 | 4,034 |
| 2022 | 2,640 | 4,029 |
| 2023 | 2,980 | 5,003 |
| 2024 | 2,610 | 4,455 |
| 2025 | 2,690 | 4,244 |
Other regions of Russian Federation
- Sakha Republic30,750 km² in an average year
- Krasnoyarsk Krai15,900 km² in an average year
- Zabaykalsky Krai15,080 km² in an average year
- Amur14,950 km² in an average year
- Irkutsk9,420 km² in an average year
- Khabarovsk Krai8,150 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
- Republic of Dagestan342 km
- Volgograd343 km
- Atyrau, Kazakhstan386 km
- Chechen Republic435 km
- Mangystau, Kazakhstan462 km
- Republic of Kalmykia462 km