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Wildfires in Samarqand
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 10:26 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 1,530 km² of Samarqand at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 182 km², ranking 10th of 14 regions of Uzbekistan.
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 2019, with 255 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 37 km². The 2021–2025 average is 36% 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.
June, July and August together hold 63% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 9 July 2024, with detections in 27 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,530 km² with at least one detection, 15% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,010 | 66% |
| 2 years | 296 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 years | 199 | 13% |
| 6 to 10 years | 27 | 1.7% |
| 11 years or more | 3.9 | 0.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 39.75, 66.75 and holds 33% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 37 | 90 |
| 2013 | 228 | 349 |
| 2014 | 166 | 218 |
| 2015 | 104 | 169 |
| 2016 | 212 | 303 |
| 2017 | 181 | 302 |
| 2018 | 127 | 205 |
| 2019 | 255 | 352 |
| 2020 | 221 | 429 |
| 2021 | 172 | 329 |
| 2022 | 165 | 373 |
| 2023 | 243 | 334 |
| 2024 | 251 | 362 |
| 2025 | 183 | 331 |
Other regions of Uzbekistan
- Karakalpakstan1,580 km² in an average year
- Tashkent1,050 km² in an average year
- Bukhara416 km² in an average year
- Jizzakh352 km² in an average year
- Andijan322 km² in an average year
- Sirdaryo308 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
- Jizzakh101 km
- Navoiy139 km
- Qashqadaryo140 km
- Surxondaryo172 km
- Bukhara180 km
- Sirdaryo202 km