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Wildfires in Kars
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 194 km² of Kars at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 17 km², ranking 70th 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 2017, with 43 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 8.5 km². The 2021–2025 average is 22% 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 59% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 10 September 2017, with detections in 5 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 194 km² with at least one detection, 3.3% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 176 | 91% |
| 2 years | 11 | 5.8% |
| 3 to 5 years | 4.7 | 2.4% |
| 6 to 10 years | 0.9 | 0.5% |
| 11 years or more | 0.9 | 0.5% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 40.75, 43.25 and holds 73% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
Show the table
| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 11 | 26 |
| 2013 | 14 | 30 |
| 2014 | 15 | 35 |
| 2015 | 24 | 58 |
| 2016 | 14 | 44 |
| 2017 | 43 | 85 |
| 2018 | 21 | 68 |
| 2019 | 18 | 41 |
| 2020 | 10 | 47 |
| 2021 | 8.5 | 30 |
| 2022 | 8.5 | 21 |
| 2023 | 12 | 37 |
| 2024 | 9.4 | 39 |
| 2025 | 23 | 62 |
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.