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Wildfires in Republic of Buryatia
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 09:19 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 76,710 km² of Republic of Buryatia at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 7,000 km², ranking 9th 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 2015, with 23,500 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 1,070 km². The 2021–2025 average is 47% 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 54% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 24 August 2015, with detections in 3,425 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 76,710 km² with at least one detection, 5.3% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 61,560 | 80% |
| 2 years | 11,100 | 14% |
| 3 to 5 years | 3,910 | 5.1% |
| 6 to 10 years | 142 | 0.2% |
| 11 years or more | 3.8 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 53.25, 109.75 and holds 2.1% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5,330 | 9,734 |
| 2013 | 3,660 | 5,634 |
| 2014 | 6,760 | 12,510 |
| 2015 | 23,500 | 71,900 |
| 2016 | 12,540 | 26,980 |
| 2017 | 6,460 | 12,890 |
| 2018 | 2,150 | 3,409 |
| 2019 | 4,860 | 11,965 |
| 2020 | 5,300 | 8,881 |
| 2021 | 1,070 | 1,550 |
| 2022 | 2,240 | 3,172 |
| 2023 | 2,470 | 3,593 |
| 2024 | 6,320 | 13,501 |
| 2025 | 15,320 | 30,237 |
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
- Zabaykalsky Krai214 km
- Selenge, Mongolia477 km
- Bulgan, Mongolia504 km
- Khentii, Mongolia519 km
- Töv, Mongolia519 km
- Irkutsk577 km