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Dedoplis Tskaro fire, 28 July 2022 Dedoplis Tskaro

Out · last measured on 29 Jul 2022

The fire started on 28 July 2022 in Dedoplis Tskaro, Georgia, and satellites saw it burning for 2 days. Copernicus’s global GWIS system rebuilt a burnt perimeter of 430 hectares from heat detections, spread across a single municipality.

It is the 102th largest in Kakheti since 2016 (of 201 with a page). Number 11 in Georgia in 2022, of 20.

We have the GWIS perimeter for this fire, but the VIIRS sensors did not capture it in enough detail: no day-by-day evolution, but the split by municipality is there.

Burnt area
430ha
GWIS perimeter (Copernicus)
Duration
2days
28 Jul 2022 – 29 Jul 2022
Municipalities hit
1
municipalities
Started on
28 Jul
2022
Danger at start
21
Moderate · FWI index

Where it burned

The weather it burned in

32°high
28km/h · peak gust
41%lowest humidity

It had gone 5 days without rain (1 mm or more) when it started. Rain came after the fire: 3.8 mm on 6 Aug.

This area had burned before

39% of the perimeter overlaps earlier fires recorded since 2016: 167 ha in 2016.

What happened to each town

  1. Dedoplis Tskaro where it started
    432 ha
    0.2 %

Burnt area inside each municipality, from crossing the GWIS perimeter with administrative boundaries. The distance is from the town centre to the nearest fire: staying a kilometre away does not mean it reached the houses.

The weather day by day

ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis at the fire location, the standard reference for past weather, and the Canadian Fire Weather Index (the same system Copernicus uses), computed by WorldFires from that data. Days after the fire run until the first rain.

Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0) · Copernicus Climate Change Service (ERA5)

Day High Min. humidity Peak gust Rain Danger (FWI)
28 Jul 31.6 °C 41 % 23 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 21
29 Jul 30.3 °C 43 % 28 km/h 0.0 mm High 23
30 Jul after 31.1 °C 40 % 26 km/h 0.0 mm High 22
31 Jul after 31.3 °C 39 % 32 km/h 0.5 mm High 25
1 Aug after 31.7 °C 40 % 31 km/h 0.0 mm High 24
2 Aug after 32.9 °C 37 % 29 km/h 0.0 mm High 26
3 Aug after 32.8 °C 35 % 28 km/h 0.0 mm High 26
4 Aug after 33.1 °C 33 % 29 km/h 0.0 mm High 30
5 Aug after 31.0 °C 37 % 28 km/h 0.3 mm High 27
6 Aug after 30.0 °C 40 % 24 km/h 3.8 mm Low 7

Before and after, from space

Drag the line to compare the same ground before the fire and after it.

Before · 21 Jul 2022
After · 5 Aug 2022

If the day is cloudy, change the date: each satellite passes once a day. In false colour the burnt ground looks brown or red.

Other fires nearby

All fires in Georgia ›

Frequently asked questions

How long did the Dedoplis Tskaro fire last?
GWIS (Copernicus) dates it between 28 July 2022 and 29 July 2022: 2 days between the first and last heat detection of the perimeter.
How much area did it burn?
The perimeter GWIS (Copernicus) rebuilt from heat detections is 430 hectares (4.3 km²). It is an estimate: official national figures may differ.
Which municipalities burned?
The fire only entered Dedoplis Tskaro (432 ha, 0.2 %).
What was the weather like?
During the fire the temperature reached 31.6 °C, humidity dropped to 41 % and gusts hit 28 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 23, class High.
Where does this data come from?
From the GWIS (Copernicus) burnt perimeter, NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots and the administrative boundaries of Georgia (geoBoundaries). It is not an official report.

Where to verify it

A satellite detection is not an official report. Final figures and the fire’s status are published by each country’s emergency service.

Emergency number: 112

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Where this data comes from

The perimeter comes from the Copernicus Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS), which rebuilds it from MODIS and VIIRS heat detections and publishes it under CC BY 4.0. It is not measured on imagery as in Europe, so it is an estimate. Heat detections come from the VIIRS sensors aboard Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20, distributed by NASA FIRMS at 375 m resolution. Municipal boundaries come from geoBoundaries ADM2 (Public Domain). The area per municipality is computed by WorldFires by crossing the perimeter with those boundaries, so it may differ from each country’s official figure.