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Wildfires in Tartus
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 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 569 km² of Tartus at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 60 km², ranking 11th of 15 regions of Syria.
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 2020, with 125 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 22 km². The 2021–2025 average is 25% 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.
August, September and October together hold 37% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 9 October 2020, with detections in 57 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 569 km² with at least one detection, 8.8% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 418 | 74% |
| 2 years | 101 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 43 | 7.5% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2.0 | 0.4% |
| 11 years or more | 5.0 | 0.9% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 34.75, 35.75 and holds 67% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 22 | 187 |
| 2013 | 79 | 267 |
| 2014 | 50 | 268 |
| 2015 | 60 | 219 |
| 2016 | 106 | 295 |
| 2017 | 45 | 215 |
| 2018 | 43 | 250 |
| 2019 | 72 | 270 |
| 2020 | 125 | 298 |
| 2021 | 69 | 205 |
| 2022 | 26 | 108 |
| 2023 | 40 | 87 |
| 2024 | 32 | 68 |
| 2025 | 72 | 78 |
Other regions of Syria
- Al-Hasakah1,140 km² in an average year
- Aleppo787 km² in an average year
- Al-Raqqah534 km² in an average year
- Hamah492 km² in an average year
- Homs (Hims)305 km² in an average year
- Idlib263 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
- North Lebanon, Lebanon55 km
- Hamah71 km
- Beqaa, Lebanon111 km
- Latakia120 km
- Mount Lebanon, Lebanon120 km
- Idlib143 km