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Wildfires in Van
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 362 km² of Van at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 32 km², ranking 62nd 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 2025, with 52 km² detected; the quietest was 2020, with 16 km². The 2021–2025 average is 7.3% 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.
July, August and September together hold 49% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 21 September 2019, with detections in 7 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 362 km² with at least one detection, 3.7% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 322 | 89% |
| 2 years | 27 | 7.5% |
| 3 to 5 years | 11 | 2.9% |
| 6 to 10 years | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 11 years or more | 2.9 | 0.8% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 38.25, 43.25 and holds 56% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 21 | 69 |
| 2013 | 21 | 43 |
| 2014 | 29 | 61 |
| 2015 | 48 | 77 |
| 2016 | 39 | 70 |
| 2017 | 26 | 73 |
| 2018 | 36 | 90 |
| 2019 | 41 | 72 |
| 2020 | 16 | 26 |
| 2021 | 27 | 65 |
| 2022 | 17 | 30 |
| 2023 | 23 | 44 |
| 2024 | 49 | 69 |
| 2025 | 52 | 74 |
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.