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Wildfires in Karachay-Cherkess Republic
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 4,410 km² of Karachay-Cherkess Republic at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 625 km², ranking 57th 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 2017, with 1,110 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 97 km². The 2021–2025 average is 73% 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 46% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 25 March 2014, with detections in 183 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 4,410 km² with at least one detection, 26% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,160 | 49% |
| 2 years | 1,080 | 24% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,080 | 24% |
| 6 to 10 years | 89 | 2.0% |
| 11 years or more | 2.7 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 44.25, 42.25 and holds 36% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 664 | 1,158 |
| 2013 | 822 | 1,353 |
| 2014 | 987 | 1,571 |
| 2015 | 861 | 1,402 |
| 2016 | 571 | 958 |
| 2017 | 1,110 | 1,733 |
| 2018 | 753 | 1,239 |
| 2019 | 1,040 | 1,805 |
| 2020 | 873 | 1,496 |
| 2021 | 97 | 349 |
| 2022 | 162 | 419 |
| 2023 | 262 | 606 |
| 2024 | 378 | 752 |
| 2025 | 166 | 456 |
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
- Stavropol Krai39 km
- Kabardino-Balkaria132 km
- Republic of Adygea168 km
- Abkhazia, Georgia171 km
- Republic of North Ossetia-Alania195 km
- Republic of Kalmykia222 km