Are there any wildfires in Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır right now?

The “Right now” block at the top of this page counts the satellite detections that fell inside Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır over the last 24 hours, and gives the time of the most recent one. It refreshes about every ten minutes, the rate at which NASA republishes its files. Zero detections means nothing was seen, not that nothing is burning.

How do we know there is a fire in a given place?

We do not know it, we infer it. Polar-orbiting satellites measure infrared radiation from the ground and flag every abnormally hot pixel. A VIIRS pixel is about 375 metres across, a MODIS pixel a kilometre. A detection therefore says “something very hot in this square, at this minute” — not “a forest fire started here”.

When is the fire season in Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır?

Across the five archive years, the busiest month in Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır is June. The “The season” curve below gives the full distribution. Note that a winter or spring peak usually means agricultural or pastoral burning rather than forest fire.

What was the worst year in Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır?

2024, with more satellite detections than any other year in the archive. This ranks by how many hot pixels were seen, not by burned area or damage: a cloudy year can be understated, and one large well-observed fire weighs heavily.

Can the water-bombing aircraft and helicopters be seen?

Yes, when they transmit ADS-B and a receiver hears them. The map draws their tracks, and the catalog lists verified aircraft country by country. A missing track proves nothing: radio coverage, a transponder switched off, an aircraft not in the catalog — three ordinary reasons not to see an aircraft that is flying.

Can this map replace an official alert?

No. Fire Maps shows observations and models, with their timestamps and their limits; it replaces neither the authorities, nor official alerts, nor incident command. In immediate danger, call the emergency services and follow official instructions.

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Fires in Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır

Is there a fire in Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır today? Satellite detections from the last 24 hours, plus five years of NASA FIRMS archive: 53,401 detections, season, worst year and the largest recorded fires.

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Fires burning now in Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır

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Five years of archive

2020 to 2026 · through 2026-07-31

The years up to 2024 come from NASA’s finalized yearly archives. What follows, through 2026-07-31, comes from its near-real-time interface: 2026 is therefore a partial year, and its most recent weeks have not yet received the classification that removes volcanoes, flares and industrial sources. A very recent fire counts here, with a little more noise around it.

Satellite detections: 53,401
Distinct fires: 13,658
Busiest month: June
Worst year: 2024
Strongest signal: 1,688 MW
Seen at night: 32.9%
Detections per 1,000 km²: 1,566.1

Detections per year

Detections per year
Year	Detections
2020	10,668
2021	6,113
2022	4,157
2023	8,976
2024	13,257
2025	6,770
2026	3,460

The season

Share of detections by month, over the five years together.

The season
Month	Detections
Jan	2,788
Feb	1,390
Mar	370
Apr	107
May	516
Jun	13,333
Jul	5,070
Aug	2,208
Sep	4,575
Oct	8,595
Nov	8,024
Dec	6,425

The largest recorded fires

The largest fires recorded here over five years — when each was first seen from orbit, and where.

Jun 16, 2026 to Jul 9, 2026
61.1 km across
First seen at 36.915, 39.016
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1,384 detections · 61.1 km across · 312 MW
Jun 7, 2020 to Jul 5, 2020
71.1 km across
First seen at 36.951, 39.013
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1,332 detections · 71.1 km across · 220 MW
Sep 24, 2024 to Oct 22, 2024
69.3 km across
First seen at 38.081, 40.887
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1,215 detections · 69.3 km across · 245 MW
Jun 1, 2024 to Jun 27, 2024
66.1 km across
First seen at 36.884, 39.043
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857 detections · 66.1 km across · 185 MW
Jun 16, 2020 to Jul 7, 2020
58.8 km across
First seen at 37.193, 39.709
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767 detections · 58.8 km across · 166 MW

A first detection is not an ignition. A polar satellite passes only a few times a day, so a fire is seen on the next overpass — sometimes hours after it started, in a pixel about 375 m across. The point given is where it was first seen, not where it began. The span is the straight-line distance between detections: a floor on how far the fire reached, never a burned area. The named municipality is the one nearest the centre of the detections.

Provinces

Area	Detections	Fires	Season
Şanlıurfa	39,632	9,829	June
Diyarbakır	13,769	3,830	October

Elsewhere in Türkiye

Area	Detections	Fires	Season
Mardin, Batman, Şırnak, Siirt	22,190	4,340	June
Adana, Mersin	13,296	3,838	September
Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Osmaniye	12,265	3,439	September
Konya, Karaman	10,591	4,510	November
Aydın, Denizli, Muğla	10,393	2,280	August
Gaziantep, Adıyaman, Kilis	8,637	3,592	October
Antalya, Isparta, Burdur	8,029	1,680	July
Tekirdağ, Edirne, Kırklareli	7,819	2,987	October

The questions people ask

Are there any wildfires in Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır right now?: The “Right now” block at the top of this page counts the satellite detections that fell inside Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır over the last 24 hours, and gives the time of the most recent one. It refreshes about every ten minutes, the rate at which NASA republishes its files. Zero detections means nothing was seen, not that nothing is burning.
How do we know there is a fire in a given place?: We do not know it, we infer it. Polar-orbiting satellites measure infrared radiation from the ground and flag every abnormally hot pixel. A VIIRS pixel is about 375 metres across, a MODIS pixel a kilometre. A detection therefore says “something very hot in this square, at this minute” — not “a forest fire started here”.
When is the fire season in Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır?: Across the five archive years, the busiest month in Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır is June. The “The season” curve below gives the full distribution. Note that a winter or spring peak usually means agricultural or pastoral burning rather than forest fire.
What was the worst year in Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır?: 2024, with more satellite detections than any other year in the archive. This ranks by how many hot pixels were seen, not by burned area or damage: a cloudy year can be understated, and one large well-observed fire weighs heavily.
Can the water-bombing aircraft and helicopters be seen?: Yes, when they transmit ADS-B and a receiver hears them. The map draws their tracks, and the catalog lists verified aircraft country by country. A missing track proves nothing: radio coverage, a transponder switched off, an aircraft not in the catalog — three ordinary reasons not to see an aircraft that is flying.
Can this map replace an official alert?: No. Fire Maps shows observations and models, with their timestamps and their limits; it replaces neither the authorities, nor official alerts, nor incident command. In immediate danger, call the emergency services and follow official instructions.

How to read this page

A detection is not a fire. It is a pixel the satellite saw radiating like fire. One fire lights several pixels and comes back on every overpass: the unit counted here is evidence of heat, not the incident. That is why the page also gives a count of distinct fires, obtained by chaining detections that are close in space and in time.

The archive has gaps, and they are not random. A polar satellite passes a few times a day; under cloud it sees nothing; a fire smaller than the pixel can go unnoticed; a fire smouldering under canopy radiates little. An area with no detection is an area where nothing was seen — which is not the same as an area where nothing burned.

Two filters were applied, and this is what they removed. First NASA's own classification: 62,045 rows flagged as volcano, fixed ground source or offshore flare were discarded. Then persistence: 944 cells of about 500 metres lit in six different months across at least three distinct years behave like an industrial installation rather than a season; their 15,198 detections were removed.

Not everything that burns is a wildfire. Stubble burning, pastoral burning and the disposal of agricultural residue all produce perfectly real detections, often outside the summer season. A February or March peak on this page is almost always that.

The administrative outlines are generalized to a few hundred metres. A detection falling right on a boundary may therefore be counted on the neighbouring side. For a count of hot pixels the difference is immaterial; for a question of jurisdiction, use the official source.