Burned area
satellite only65,550ha
Union of 2 GWIS (Copernicus) perimeters: overlapping areas count once.
- Source
- GWIS (Copernicus)
- Date
- 25 Jun 2021 – 9 Aug 2021
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No official record is matched to this page to compare it with.
RU · Russia · –
Gorny Ulus fire, 25 June 2021 Gorny Ulus
Out · last detection 10 Aug 2021, 19:06 UTC
The fire started on 25 June 2021 in Gorny Ulus, Russia, and satellites saw it burning for 46 days. Copernicus’s global GWIS system rebuilt a burnt perimeter of 65,550 hectares from heat detections, spread across a single municipality.
This page is probably a fire complex, not a single fire. GWIS merges into one perimeter the fires that touch over weeks, which in large burning seasons can join dozens of separate fires. The total area is reliable; the origin and dates refer to the whole complex.
Other fire pages in the same area and on the same dates:
It is the 49th largest in Sakha Republic since 2016 (of 1347 with a page). Number 22 in Russia in 2021, of 581.
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Duration by satellite
satellite only46days
25 Jun 2021 to 9 Aug 2021: first and last day with fire on the page.
- Source
- GWIS (Copernicus) · NASA FIRMS · VIIRS
- Date
- last detection: 10 Aug 2021, 19:06 UTC
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Satellites pass a few times a day and cloud or smoke can hide the fire: a lack of detections is not an official extinction. Each country’s emergency service declares a fire contained or out.
Start
satellite only25 Jun 2021
First day with fire seen by the satellites or the perimeter.
- Source
- GWIS (Copernicus) · NASA FIRMS · VIIRS
- Date
- 25 Jun 2021
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No official record is matched to this page, so the alert time and the cause are not known here.
Hotspots
satellite only18,598
VIIRS detections at 375 m. Most intense hotspot: 510 MW.
- Source
- NASA FIRMS · VIIRS (Suomi NPP)
- Date
- 25 Jun 2021 – 9 Aug 2021
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There is no official record to compare with. Each hotspot is a pixel detected in one satellite pass, not a separate fire.
The worst day
satellite only24,409MW
Total radiative power on 18 July 2021; hotspots that day: 1,896.
- Source
- NASA FIRMS · VIIRS (FRP)
- Date
- 18 Jul 2021
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Fire radiative power (FRP) measures the energy the fire gives off when the satellite passes. Added up by day, it compares intensity, not area.
Danger at the start
model2.1FWI · very low
Fire Weather Index (Canadian system) computed by WorldFires for the day the fire started. Consecutive days without rain before: 0.
- Source
- WorldFires calculation (Canadian FWI system)
- Date
- 25 Jun 2021, local noon
- Model
- ERA5 0,25° (ECMWF · Copernicus C3S) · Open-Meteo.com
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This is an index computed from weather model data, not a measurement of the fire nor an official warning. Danger warnings are issued by each country’s authority. Emergency number and official warnings
Weather during the fire
model32.8°C · 30% RH
High of 32.8 °C and minimum humidity of 30% on 1 July 2021; gusts of 60 km/h on 7 August 2021.
- Source
- weather model at the fire’s grid cell
- Date
- 25 Jun 2021 – 9 Aug 2021
- Model
- ERA5 0,25° (ECMWF · Copernicus C3S) · Open-Meteo.com
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These are model values for a cell of about 25 km, not from a weather station: they may differ from what was measured on the ground.
This page’s change log has been kept since 24 October 2026: every night what it publishes is compared and the difference is logged. Anything earlier is reconstructed from each source’s date and marked as reconstructed.
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· reconstructed weatherWeather and FWI computed from the ERA5 reanalysis
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logLast day with fire: 2 August 2021 → 9 August 2021.
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· reconstructed GHSLPopulation and built-up area computed
What was saved on 25 October 2026
Every night a snapshot of what the page shows is saved. If anything changes, it appears in the list as a log entry.
- Area
- 65,856 ha
- Dates
- 25 Jun 2021 – 9 Aug 2021
- Name
- Gorny Ulus
- Official record
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Versioned permanent link
https://worldfires.org/en/fire/gorny-ulus-2021-06-3?v=2026-10-25A version keeps the area, dates, name and official record; the area as it was logged (changes under 2% are not logged). The map, hotspots and weather always show today’s data.
Citation
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CSV for this fire gorny-ulus-2021-06-3.csv · daily, no individual hotspots
| fecha | focos_viirs | frp_mw | tmax_c | tmin_c | hr_min_pct | viento_max_kmh | racha_max_kmh | precip_mm | fwi | clase_fwi | dentro_del_incendio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-25 | 2 | 9 | 24.6 | 14.5 | 63 | 8 | 31.3 | 1.8 | 2.1 | muy_bajo | 1 |
| 2021-06-26 | 25 | 196 | 29.4 | 14.3 | 30 | 11.9 | 35.6 | 0 | 15.3 | moderado | 1 |
| 2021-06-27 | 182 | 3,953 | 28.9 | 12.8 | 30 | 7.9 | 16.9 | 0 | 21.1 | moderado | 1 |
| 2021-06-28 | 193 | 5,305 | 29.4 | 12.8 | 32 | 11.6 | 28.8 | 0 | 29.3 | alto | 1 |
| 2021-06-29 | 10 | 113 | 27.8 | 14.2 | 40 | 10.8 | 34.2 | 1.3 | 29.5 | alto | 1 |
| 2021-06-30 | 27 | 44 | 26.3 | 15.3 | 58 | 10.6 | 30.2 | 1.6 | 2.9 | muy_bajo | 1 |
| 2021-07-01 | 133 | 2,894 | 32.8 | 15.3 | 30 | 11.1 | 22.3 | 0 | 13.6 | moderado | 1 |
| 2021-07-02 | 552 | 10,149 | 32.4 | 13.7 | 28 | 12.6 | 29.5 | 0 | 28.5 | alto | 1 |
| 2021-07-03 | 438 | 5,395 | 31.8 | 14.6 | 29 | 12.5 | 25.2 | 0 | 23.5 | alto | 1 |
| 2021-07-04 | 296 | 5,114 | 30.3 | 15.9 | 33 | 10.8 | 38.2 | 0.1 | 23.9 | alto | 1 |
| 2021-07-05 | 200 | 2,953 | 26.4 | 16 | 35 | 14.5 | 34.9 | 0 | 32.5 | alto | 1 |
| 2021-07-06 | 359 | 2,841 | 25.7 | 12.5 | 50 | 10.2 | 28.1 | 0.3 | 22.8 | alto | 1 |
| 2021-07-07 | 330 | 1,706 | 29.1 | 12.2 | 35 | 14 | 27 | 0 | 27.3 | alto | 1 |
| 2021-07-08 | 1,037 | 15,936 | 32.2 | 16.1 | 31 | 16.8 | 36.7 | 0 | 36.5 | alto | 1 |
| 2021-07-09 | 3 | 14 | 25.6 | 18.3 | 54 | 16.6 | 42.5 | 0.8 | 14.3 | moderado | 1 |
| 2021-07-10 | 0 | 0 | 18.4 | 11.5 | 62 | 13.4 | 38.5 | 0.6 | 16 | moderado | 1 |
| 2021-07-11 | 1 | 7 | 20.3 | 10.1 | 34 | 12.5 | 33.1 | 0 | 21.9 | alto | 1 |
| 2021-07-12 | 289 | 1,704 | 23.4 | 10.4 | 37 | 11 | 22 | 0 | 20.4 | moderado | 1 |
| 2021-07-13 | 276 | 1,525 | 25.9 | 9.4 | 32 | 10.5 | 21.2 | 0 | 24.1 | alto | 1 |
| 2021-07-14 | 565 | 4,457 | 28.4 | 9.7 | 33 | 14 | 33.8 | 0 | 30.3 | alto | 1 |
| 2021-07-15 | 107 | 591 | 25.4 | 12.6 | 50 | 14.5 | 29.9 | 0 | 21.2 | moderado | 1 |
| 2021-07-16 | 218 | 735 | 20.8 | 13.4 | 38 | 15.1 | 37.4 | 0 | 25.3 | alto | 1 |
| 2021-07-17 | 723 | 17,866 | 25.5 | 10 | 30 | 16.5 | 41.4 | 0 | 37.7 | alto | 1 |
| 2021-07-18 | 1,896 | 24,409 | 25.5 | 13.5 | 40 | 11.5 | 25.2 | 0 | 27.8 | alto | 1 |
| 2021-07-19 | 1,218 | 22,762 | 30.9 | 12 | 37 | 18.7 | 32.4 | 0 | 21.7 | alto | 1 |
| 2021-07-20 | 432 | 3,271 | 25.1 | 16 | 46 | 17.2 | 32.8 | 0 | 24.7 | alto | 1 |
| 2021-07-21 | 18 | 43 | 21.4 | 15.4 | 60 | 15.1 | 36.7 | 0.7 | 18.5 | moderado | 1 |
| 2021-07-22 | 975 | 7,146 | 27.3 | 14.6 | 38 | 13.7 | 35.6 | 0 | 27.8 | alto | 1 |
| 2021-07-23 | 8 | 102 | 26.9 | 13.3 | 42 | 7.8 | 19.4 | 0.2 | 21.7 | alto | 1 |
| 2021-07-24 | 14 | 13 | 23.1 | 16.4 | 51 | 12.3 | 34.6 | 4 | 4.8 | muy_bajo | 1 |
| 2021-07-25 | 0 | 0 | 25.1 | 15.4 | 43 | 21.4 | 50.8 | 0 | 19.8 | moderado | 1 |
| 2021-07-26 | 44 | 134 | 30.1 | 12.9 | 34 | 14.5 | 33.1 | 0 | 27.4 | alto | 1 |
| 2021-07-27 | 800 | 5,025 | 27.6 | 15.4 | 31 | 18.3 | 46.4 | 0 | 34.4 | alto | 1 |
| 2021-07-28 | 626 | 3,348 | 25 | 12.4 | 33 | 14.4 | 34.2 | 0 | 26.6 | alto | 1 |
| 2021-07-29 | 424 | 2,085 | 22.7 | 9.9 | 31 | 13.5 | 29.5 | 0 | 27.4 | alto | 1 |
| 2021-07-30 | 417 | 4,392 | 24.7 | 8 | 26 | 14.3 | 34.6 | 0 | 36.9 | alto | 1 |
| 2021-07-31 | 159 | 555 | 26.8 | 7.6 | 29 | 9.9 | 26.6 | 0 | 31.3 | alto | 1 |
| 2021-08-01 | 58 | 303 | 27.6 | 8.8 | 34 | 9.7 | 15.5 | 0 | 24.7 | alto | 1 |
| 2021-08-02 | 372 | 4,967 | 27.3 | 12.5 | 29 | 18.4 | 42.5 | 0 | 44.9 | muy_alto | 1 |
| 2021-08-03 | 16 | 132 | 24.8 | 14.7 | 45 | 15.5 | 39.2 | 0 | 33 | alto | 1 |
| 2021-08-04 | 5 | 16 | 25.7 | 12.6 | 37 | 13.9 | 37.1 | 0 | 30.5 | alto | 1 |
| 2021-08-05 | 56 | 559 | 26.2 | 10.4 | 30 | 11.6 | 28.8 | 0 | 25.8 | alto | 1 |
| 2021-08-06 | 74 | 808 | 25 | 11.3 | 27 | 16.5 | 39.6 | 0 | 41.4 | muy_alto | 1 |
| 2021-08-07 | 1,433 | 23,127 | 25.3 | 15.7 | 29 | 25.8 | 59.8 | 0.1 | 56.7 | extremo | 1 |
| 2021-08-08 | 1,435 | 21,914 | 26 | 15.4 | 36 | 19.8 | 46.4 | 0 | 45.9 | muy_alto | 1 |
| 2021-08-09 | 1,576 | 17,260 | 27.3 | 14.5 | 36 | 13.6 | 33.1 | 0 | 35.4 | alto | 1 |
| 2021-08-10 | 576 | 19,604 | 29.6 | 12.4 | 31 | 11.6 | 27.4 | 0 | 32.7 | alto | 0 |
| 2021-08-11 | 0 | 0 | 26.9 | 16.6 | 51 | 10.1 | 33.1 | 0.1 | 23.3 | alto | 0 |
| 2021-08-12 | 0 | 0 | 24.1 | 14.5 | 59 | 9.1 | 23.8 | 0.2 | 17.8 | moderado | 0 |
| 2021-08-13 | 0 | 0 | 24.4 | 10.7 | 48 | 9 | 12.2 | 0 | 14.9 | moderado | 0 |
| 2021-08-14 | 0 | 0 | 27.8 | 13.7 | 39 | 10.1 | 21.6 | 0 | 16.8 | moderado | 0 |
| 2021-08-15 | 0 | 0 | 26.5 | 14.3 | 52 | 11.3 | 35.3 | 3.5 | 16.5 | moderado | 0 |
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- Burnt area
- 65,550ha
- GWIS perimeter (Copernicus)
- Duration
- 46days
- 25 Jun 2021 – 9 Aug 2021
- Municipalities hit
- 1
- districts
- Started on
- 25 Jun
- 2021
- Heat detections
- 18,598
- in a single hotspot: 510 MW
- Danger at start
- 2
- Very low · FWI index
- Average daily power
- 5.5GW
- detected power per day, on average
Where it burned
HOTSPOTS BY DAY
25 Jun9 Aug
10 Aug 2021
How it evolved, day by day
25 Jun
4 Jul
18 Jul
2 Aug
Fire radiative power detected each day, in megawatts, and number of hotspots. The magenta bar marks the peak day.
The weather it burned in
33°high
60km/h · peak gust
26%lowest humidity
It had gone 0 days without rain (1 mm or more) when it started. Rain came after the fire: 3.5 mm on 15 Aug.
This area had burned before
No earlier perimeters overlap this fire since 2016, when the satellite record begins.
How big is it?
London boundary: geoBoundaries · Office for National Statistics (Open Government Licence v3.0).
Moscow boundary: geoBoundaries · OpenStreetMap, Wambacher · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0).
Paris boundary: geoBoundaries · Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière (IGN-F) (Etalab Open License 2.0).
Madrid boundary: geoBoundaries · Open Data ESRI, IGN Central Registry of Cartography Area (CC BY 4.0).
This compares size, not location: both shapes are at the same scale, north up, centred on each other.
What happened to each town
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Gorny Ulus where it started66,101 ha reached on 25 Jun1.5 %
Burnt area inside each municipality, from crossing the GWIS perimeter with administrative boundaries. The distance runs from the point marking the centre of each area to the nearest fire: staying a kilometre away does not mean it reached the houses.
People and buildings inside the perimeter
GHSL 2020Built-up area< 0.1 ha
Residents< 20
Inside the perimeter there was no noticeable built-up land and almost nobody lived there (GHSL 2020, satellite-based estimate).
This is an estimate on 100 m cells, made from satellite imagery and census data: it does not mean that homes burned or that anyone was harmed. The perimeter also contains land that never burned.
Source: Global Human Settlement Layer (GHS-BUILT-S and GHS-POP R2023A), European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC), © European Union, CC BY 4.0. Sum inside the perimeter computed by WorldFires. human-settlement.emergency.copernicus.eu
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Jun | 24.6 °C | 63 % | 31 km/h | 1.8 mm | Very low 2 |
| 26 Jun | 29.4 °C | 30 % | 36 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 15 |
| 27 Jun | 28.9 °C | 30 % | 17 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 21 |
| 28 Jun | 29.4 °C | 32 % | 29 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 29 |
| 29 Jun | 27.8 °C | 40 % | 34 km/h | 1.3 mm | High 30 |
| 30 Jun | 26.3 °C | 58 % | 30 km/h | 1.6 mm | Very low 3 |
| 1 Jul | 32.8 °C | 30 % | 22 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 14 |
| 2 Jul | 32.4 °C | 28 % | 30 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 28 |
| 3 Jul | 31.8 °C | 29 % | 25 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 24 |
| 4 Jul | 30.3 °C | 33 % | 38 km/h | 0.1 mm | High 24 |
| 5 Jul | 26.4 °C | 35 % | 35 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 32 |
| 6 Jul | 25.7 °C | 50 % | 28 km/h | 0.3 mm | High 23 |
| 7 Jul | 29.1 °C | 35 % | 27 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 27 |
| 8 Jul | 32.2 °C | 31 % | 37 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 36 |
| 9 Jul | 25.6 °C | 54 % | 42 km/h | 0.8 mm | Moderate 14 |
| 10 Jul | 18.4 °C | 62 % | 38 km/h | 0.6 mm | Moderate 16 |
| 11 Jul | 20.3 °C | 34 % | 33 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 22 |
| 12 Jul | 23.4 °C | 37 % | 22 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 20 |
| 13 Jul | 25.9 °C | 32 % | 21 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 24 |
| 14 Jul | 28.4 °C | 33 % | 34 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 30 |
| 15 Jul | 25.4 °C | 50 % | 30 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 21 |
| 16 Jul | 20.8 °C | 38 % | 37 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 25 |
| 17 Jul | 25.5 °C | 30 % | 41 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 38 |
| 18 Jul | 25.5 °C | 40 % | 25 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 28 |
| 19 Jul | 30.9 °C | 37 % | 32 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 22 |
| 20 Jul | 25.1 °C | 46 % | 33 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 25 |
| 21 Jul | 21.4 °C | 60 % | 37 km/h | 0.7 mm | Moderate 18 |
| 22 Jul | 27.3 °C | 38 % | 36 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 28 |
| 23 Jul | 26.9 °C | 42 % | 19 km/h | 0.2 mm | High 22 |
| 24 Jul | 23.1 °C | 51 % | 35 km/h | 4.0 mm | Very low 5 |
| 25 Jul | 25.1 °C | 43 % | 51 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 20 |
| 26 Jul | 30.1 °C | 34 % | 33 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 27 |
| 27 Jul | 27.6 °C | 31 % | 46 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 34 |
| 28 Jul | 25.0 °C | 33 % | 34 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 27 |
| 29 Jul | 22.7 °C | 31 % | 30 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 27 |
| 30 Jul | 24.7 °C | 26 % | 35 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 37 |
| 31 Jul | 26.8 °C | 29 % | 27 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 31 |
| 1 Aug | 27.6 °C | 34 % | 16 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 25 |
| 2 Aug | 27.3 °C | 29 % | 42 km/h | 0.0 mm | Very high 45 |
| 3 Aug | 24.8 °C | 45 % | 39 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 33 |
| 4 Aug | 25.7 °C | 37 % | 37 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 30 |
| 5 Aug | 26.2 °C | 30 % | 29 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 26 |
| 6 Aug | 25.0 °C | 27 % | 40 km/h | 0.0 mm | Very high 41 |
| 7 Aug | 25.3 °C | 29 % | 60 km/h | 0.1 mm | Extreme 57 |
| 8 Aug | 26.0 °C | 36 % | 46 km/h | 0.0 mm | Very high 46 |
| 9 Aug | 27.3 °C | 36 % | 33 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 35 |
| 10 Aug after | 29.6 °C | 31 % | 27 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 33 |
| 11 Aug after | 26.9 °C | 51 % | 33 km/h | 0.1 mm | High 23 |
| 12 Aug after | 24.1 °C | 59 % | 24 km/h | 0.2 mm | Moderate 18 |
| 13 Aug after | 24.4 °C | 48 % | 12 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 15 |
| 14 Aug after | 27.8 °C | 39 % | 22 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 17 |
| 15 Aug after | 26.5 °C | 52 % | 35 km/h | 3.5 mm | Moderate 16 |
Its twins: fires that started in the same weather
It started with an FWI of 2.1, a minimum humidity of 63% and rain the day before. Fires in the area that started in weather like this since 2016: 9.
FWI at the start
2.1
Minimum humidity
63 %
Days without rain
0
this fire
chosen twins
rest of the area
Almost identicalSimilar
Outlines of the closest twins
This fire · Gorny Ulus fire, 25 June 2021
65,550 ha
46 days
FWI 2.1
Min. humidity 63 %
Ust-Aldansky Ulus fire, September 2020
18,654 ha
24 days
FWI 5.6
Min. humidity 61 %
234 km away, in 2020
First rain (1 mm or more) after it ended: 4.4 mm on 26 Sept.
Gorny Ulus fire, July 2017
4,229 ha
9 days
FWI 1.9
Min. humidity 56 %
81 km away, in 2017
First rain (1 mm or more) after it ended: 1.5 mm on 25 Jul.
Khangalassky Ulus fire, September 2020
6,097 ha
14 days
FWI 5.8
Min. humidity 57 %
109 km away, in 2020
First rain (1 mm or more) after it ended: 4.9 mm on 27 Sept.
Kobyaysky Ulus fire, June 2020
7,851 ha
20 days
FWI 0.8
Min. humidity 55 %
206 km away, in 2020
First rain (1 mm or more) after it ended: 15.1 mm on 18 Jul.
Gorny Ulus fire, September 2020
6,049 ha
15 days
FWI 6.1
Min. humidity 57 %
213 km away, in 2020
First rain (1 mm or more) after it ended: 10.4 mm on 27 Sept.
What happened to them
Fires in the area that started in similar weather: 9. With fewer than 15 we give no figures: they would be more noise than signal.
This is a bank of analogues: it shows what usually happens, not what will happen. With fewer than 15 twins we give no figures. How we calculate it
How it ended
3.5 mmfirst rain
15 Aug6 days after it ended
60km/h · max. gust
It was considered over on 9 Aug, and on 15 Aug 3.5 mm fell. We do not know whether the rain or the firefighters put it out.
Weather on this page: Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0) · Copernicus Climate Change Service (ERA5)
How a twin is chosen
- Same area: fires that have already ended, less than 250 km from this one, since 2016.
- Same start: we compare the FWI on the first day, the minimum humidity that day and the run of days without rain before it. The slider sets how much they may differ.
- Only pages with final weather data (ERA5 reanalysis) calculated in the same way as this fire’s; agricultural and grass burns and pages with data under review are left out.
- Fires burning at the same time as this one (a week before or after) are left out: they share the same spell of weather and do not count as a precedent.
- They are sorted by similarity, and the outlines of the first five are drawn.
Before and after, from space
Drag the line to compare the same ground before the fire and after it.
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Before · 18 Jun 2021
After · 16 Aug 2021
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Detections table · 18,598Every satellite heat detection, one by one, with time, satellite, power and coordinates.
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Times in UTC. Each detection is a 375 m pixel: a large fire yields hundreds per pass.
| Date and time | Satellite | FRP (MW) | Lat | Lon |
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Frequently asked questions
- How long did the Gorny Ulus fire last?
- According to the heat detections seen by satellite inside the perimeter, it burned from 25 June 2021 to 9 August 2021 (46 days). The perimeter dates it from 25 June 2021 to 2 August 2021.
- How much area did it burn?
- The perimeter GWIS (Copernicus) rebuilt from heat detections is 65,550 hectares (655.5 km²). It is an estimate: official national figures may differ.
- Which municipalities burned?
- The fire only entered Gorny Ulus (66,101 ha, 1.5 %).
- What was the weather like?
- During the fire the temperature reached 32.8 °C, humidity dropped to 26 % and gusts hit 60 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 57, class Extreme.
- Where does this data come from?
- From the GWIS (Copernicus) burnt perimeter, NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots and the administrative boundaries of Russia (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 · Emergency number and official warnings
Satellite cross-check
History of this page · 1 Changes in area, dates, name, official record or merged pages, compared every night since 24 October 2026.
- Last day with fire: 2 August 2021 → 9 August 2021.
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How we know this
- Perimeter: GWIS (Copernicus), rebuilt from heat detections rather than mapped on imagery; 2 polygons grouped in this page.
- Dates adjusted with the VIIRS detections inside the perimeter, which said 25 June 2021 to 2 August 2021. 18,598 Suomi-NPP VIIRS detections on those dates.
- We have not matched this page with any official record.
- Weather: Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis at the fire location, in cells of about 25 km.
- Built-up area and population come from the JRC Global Human Settlement Layer (epoch 2020, 100 m cells), summed inside the perimeter: an estimate of what was there, not a damage count.
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 (Open Data Commons Open Database License 1.0). 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.