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Wildfires in Balıkesir
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 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 1,420 km² of Balıkesir at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 196 km², ranking 27th 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 2024, with 322 km² detected; the quietest was 2015, with 131 km². The 2021–2025 average is 21% higher 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.
September, October and November together hold 68% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 31 July 2013, with detections in 28 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,420 km² with at least one detection, 21% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 904 | 63% |
| 2 years | 215 | 15% |
| 3 to 5 years | 223 | 16% |
| 6 to 10 years | 82 | 5.8% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 40.25, 27.75 and holds 49% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 180 | 235 |
| 2013 | 205 | 233 |
| 2014 | 147 | 179 |
| 2015 | 131 | 160 |
| 2016 | 254 | 312 |
| 2017 | 176 | 221 |
| 2018 | 140 | 177 |
| 2019 | 197 | 234 |
| 2020 | 200 | 259 |
| 2021 | 188 | 229 |
| 2022 | 201 | 248 |
| 2023 | 148 | 179 |
| 2024 | 322 | 451 |
| 2025 | 252 | 323 |
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.