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Wildfires in Turkmenistan
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 2026-09-21
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 32,660 km² of Turkmenistan at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 4,590 km², ranking 82nd of 200 countries.
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 2020, with 6,770 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 2,800 km². The 2021–2025 average is 21% 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 39% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 8 February 2020, with detections in 710 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 32,660 km² with at least one detection, 22% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 18,140 | 56% |
| 2 years | 7,280 | 22% |
| 3 to 5 years | 6,080 | 19% |
| 6 to 10 years | 858 | 2.6% |
| 11 years or more | 296 | 0.9% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 37.75, 61.75 and holds 9.1% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3,540 | 14,101 |
| 2013 | 5,090 | 17,102 |
| 2014 | 4,860 | 18,073 |
| 2015 | 4,240 | 16,962 |
| 2016 | 6,650 | 20,674 |
| 2017 | 3,830 | 19,760 |
| 2018 | 3,870 | 17,729 |
| 2019 | 6,210 | 19,545 |
| 2020 | 6,770 | 21,207 |
| 2021 | 4,580 | 18,999 |
| 2022 | 2,800 | 16,833 |
| 2023 | 3,480 | 17,190 |
| 2024 | 2,970 | 15,806 |
| 2025 | 5,400 | 21,207 |
Nearby countries
- India324,930 km² in an average year
- Myanmar189,670 km² in an average year
- China182,410 km² in an average year
- Indonesia104,670 km² in an average year
- Thailand104,620 km² in an average year
- Lao PDR73,670 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.
Nearby countries
- Tajikistan621 km
- Uzbekistan764 km
- Afghanistan893 km
- Kazakhstan1,222 km
- Kyrgyzstan1,233 km
- Pakistan1,251 km
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
