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Wildfires in Ahal
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 13:28 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 10,110 km² of Ahal at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,420 km², ranking 1st of 5 regions of Turkmenistan.
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 2,690 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 749 km². The 2021–2025 average is 27% 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.
June, July and August together hold 37% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 8 February 2020, with detections in 408 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 10,110 km² with at least one detection, 24% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 5,260 | 52% |
| 2 years | 2,410 | 24% |
| 3 to 5 years | 2,150 | 21% |
| 6 to 10 years | 252 | 2.5% |
| 11 years or more | 31 | 0.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 37.25, 60.75 and holds 15% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,080 | 2,117 |
| 2013 | 1,800 | 2,813 |
| 2014 | 1,440 | 2,557 |
| 2015 | 1,170 | 2,225 |
| 2016 | 2,110 | 3,471 |
| 2017 | 1,000 | 2,310 |
| 2018 | 1,030 | 2,233 |
| 2019 | 2,000 | 3,698 |
| 2020 | 2,690 | 4,387 |
| 2021 | 1,220 | 2,811 |
| 2022 | 749 | 2,220 |
| 2023 | 1,050 | 2,664 |
| 2024 | 861 | 2,349 |
| 2025 | 1,690 | 3,722 |
Other regions of Turkmenistan
- Mary1,310 km² in an average year
- Lebap912 km² in an average year
- Daşoguz546 km² in an average year
- Balkan385 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 regions
- Mary104 km
- Razavi Khorasan, Iran142 km
- North Khorasan, Iran221 km
- Lebap311 km
- Daşoguz397 km
- South Khorasan, Iran412 km