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Wildfires in Ankara
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 4,120 km² of Ankara at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 410 km², ranking 8th of 81 regions of Turkey.
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 2013, with 1,030 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 145 km². The 2021–2025 average is 69% 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.
July, August and September together hold 50% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 28 April 2012, with detections in 34 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 4,120 km² with at least one detection, 7.5% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 3,080 | 75% |
| 2 years | 726 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 279 | 6.8% |
| 6 to 10 years | 20 | 0.5% |
| 11 years or more | 8.6 | 0.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 39.75, 33.25 and holds 27% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 588 | 914 |
| 2013 | 1,030 | 1,488 |
| 2014 | 247 | 456 |
| 2015 | 757 | 1,143 |
| 2016 | 709 | 1,138 |
| 2017 | 332 | 764 |
| 2018 | 357 | 747 |
| 2019 | 396 | 704 |
| 2020 | 294 | 646 |
| 2021 | 145 | 484 |
| 2022 | 156 | 418 |
| 2023 | 293 | 671 |
| 2024 | 264 | 630 |
| 2025 | 172 | 617 |
Other regions of Turkey
- Şanlıurfa2,420 km² in an average year
- Diyarbakır1,420 km² in an average year
- Adana1,370 km² in an average year
- Mardin1,320 km² in an average year
- Konya1,140 km² in an average year
- Adıyaman552 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.