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Wildfires in Kahramanmaraş
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 06:20 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 2,420 km² of Kahramanmaraş at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 492 km², ranking 7th 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 2015, with 866 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 349 km². The 2021–2025 average is 16% 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 59% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 15 September 2013, with detections in 46 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 2,420 km² with at least one detection, 36% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,200 | 50% |
| 2 years | 342 | 14% |
| 3 to 5 years | 470 | 19% |
| 6 to 10 years | 360 | 15% |
| 11 years or more | 42 | 1.8% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 37.25, 37.25 and holds 48% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 369 | 670 |
| 2013 | 614 | 1,082 |
| 2014 | 364 | 701 |
| 2015 | 866 | 1,449 |
| 2016 | 527 | 871 |
| 2017 | 425 | 757 |
| 2018 | 426 | 789 |
| 2019 | 498 | 838 |
| 2020 | 492 | 881 |
| 2021 | 433 | 760 |
| 2022 | 349 | 655 |
| 2023 | 510 | 792 |
| 2024 | 596 | 969 |
| 2025 | 423 | 729 |
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.