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Wildfires in Chelyabinsk
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 20,370 km² of Chelyabinsk at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 2,100 km², ranking 25th 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 5,660 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 308 km². The 2021–2025 average is 65% 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 56% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 18 April 2012, with detections in 748 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 20,370 km² with at least one detection, 8.8% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 14,570 | 71% |
| 2 years | 4,020 | 20% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,670 | 8.2% |
| 6 to 10 years | 68 | 0.3% |
| 11 years or more | 52 | 0.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 53.25, 59.25 and holds 22% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5,660 | 13,115 |
| 2013 | 1,240 | 5,639 |
| 2014 | 2,070 | 6,870 |
| 2015 | 3,450 | 8,926 |
| 2016 | 2,220 | 6,956 |
| 2017 | 3,010 | 8,202 |
| 2018 | 3,200 | 8,146 |
| 2019 | 2,310 | 6,852 |
| 2020 | 1,010 | 5,117 |
| 2021 | 2,060 | 7,701 |
| 2022 | 630 | 4,065 |
| 2023 | 1,420 | 6,247 |
| 2024 | 308 | 3,534 |
| 2025 | 775 | 4,119 |
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
- Kostanay, Kazakhstan206 km
- Bashkortostan257 km
- Orenburg347 km
- Kurgan385 km
- Udmurt Republic462 km
- West Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan464 km