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Wildfires in Mersin
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 1,550 km² of Mersin at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 258 km², ranking 16th 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 360 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 153 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 46% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 29 July 2021, with detections in 91 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,550 km² with at least one detection, 25% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 980 | 63% |
| 2 years | 184 | 12% |
| 3 to 5 years | 202 | 13% |
| 6 to 10 years | 175 | 11% |
| 11 years or more | 14 | 0.9% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 36.75, 34.75 and holds 58% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 274 | 647 |
| 2013 | 360 | 834 |
| 2014 | 252 | 683 |
| 2015 | 294 | 738 |
| 2016 | 322 | 958 |
| 2017 | 278 | 862 |
| 2018 | 234 | 690 |
| 2019 | 235 | 689 |
| 2020 | 243 | 832 |
| 2021 | 348 | 1,028 |
| 2022 | 183 | 699 |
| 2023 | 172 | 662 |
| 2024 | 153 | 785 |
| 2025 | 266 | 946 |
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.