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Wildfires in Smolensk
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 08:29 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 17,740 km² of Smolensk at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 2,410 km², ranking 23rd 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 2014, with 5,370 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 381 km². The 2021–2025 average is 61% 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.
March, April and May together hold 92% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 11 April 2015, with detections in 1,031 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 17,740 km² with at least one detection, 23% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 9,250 | 52% |
| 2 years | 4,350 | 25% |
| 3 to 5 years | 3,780 | 21% |
| 6 to 10 years | 346 | 2.0% |
| 11 years or more | 11 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 54.75, 32.25 and holds 8.0% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,670 | 2,566 |
| 2013 | 1,650 | 2,576 |
| 2014 | 5,370 | 8,751 |
| 2015 | 4,610 | 7,183 |
| 2016 | 1,920 | 2,941 |
| 2017 | 1,090 | 1,645 |
| 2018 | 3,200 | 5,013 |
| 2019 | 4,930 | 7,964 |
| 2020 | 3,300 | 4,968 |
| 2021 | 1,420 | 2,169 |
| 2022 | 811 | 1,218 |
| 2023 | 1,510 | 2,346 |
| 2024 | 381 | 628 |
| 2025 | 1,820 | 2,927 |
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
- Mahilioŭ, Belarus115 km
- Vitebsk, Belarus192 km
- Pskov208 km
- Bryansk211 km
- Kaluga232 km
- Minsk, Belarus264 km