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Subdistricts that have burned most often in Israel

Subdistricts of Israel with at least one fire larger than 100 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 13. With two or more: 9. Top of the list is Golan, which has burned 40 times in 9 years, with 13,226 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1Golan40×9 years · 13,226 ha
  2. 2ZefatNorthern District23×5 years · 5,515 ha
  3. 3AshqelonSouthern District8×3 years · 2,213 ha
  4. 4JerusalemJerusalem District7×4 years · 2,866 ha
  5. 5RamlaCentral District6×5 years · 1,183 ha
  6. 6Yizre'elNorthern District4×3 years · 1,238 ha
  7. 7Petah TiqwaCentral District4×4 years · 1,144 ha
  8. 8KinneretNorthern District4×2 years · 458 ha
  9. 9AkkoNorthern District4×3 years · 415 ha
  10. 10RehovotCentral District1×1 year · 137 ha
  11. 11HaifaHaifa1×1 year · 135 ha
  12. 12HaderaHaifa1×1 year · 128 ha
  13. 13Be'er ShevaSouthern District1×1 year · 7 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1Golan13,226 ha40× · 11 %
  2. 2ZefatNorthern District5,515 ha23× · 8.4 %
  3. 3JerusalemJerusalem District2,866 ha7× · 4.4 %
  4. 4AshqelonSouthern District2,213 ha8× · 1.7 %
  5. 5Yizre'elNorthern District1,238 ha4× · 1.0 %
  6. 6RamlaCentral District1,183 ha6× · 3.5 %
  7. 7Petah TiqwaCentral District1,144 ha4× · 4.0 %
  8. 8KinneretNorthern District458 ha4× · 0.7 %
  9. 9AkkoNorthern District415 ha4× · 0.4 %
  10. 10RehovotCentral District137 ha1× · 0.4 %
  11. 11HaifaHaifa135 ha1× · 0.5 %
  12. 12HaderaHaifa128 ha1× · 0.2 %
  13. 13Be'er ShevaSouthern District7 ha1× · 0.0 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1Golan11 %13,226 ha · 1,160 km²
  2. 2ZefatNorthern District8.4 %5,515 ha · 657 km²
  3. 3JerusalemJerusalem District4.4 %2,866 ha · 657 km²
  4. 4Petah TiqwaCentral District4.0 %1,144 ha · 283 km²
  5. 5RamlaCentral District3.5 %1,183 ha · 337 km²
  6. 6AshqelonSouthern District1.7 %2,213 ha · 1,278 km²
  7. 7Yizre'elNorthern District1.0 %1,238 ha · 1,235 km²
  8. 8KinneretNorthern District0.7 %458 ha · 635 km²
  9. 9HaifaHaifa0.5 %135 ha · 298 km²
  10. 10AkkoNorthern District0.4 %415 ha · 956 km²
  11. 11RehovotCentral District0.4 %137 ha · 327 km²
  12. 12HaderaHaifa0.2 %128 ha · 580 km²
  13. 13Be'er ShevaSouthern District0.0 %7 ha · 13,292 km²

How it is calculated

We count fires larger than 100 hectares with a perimeter since 2016 that reached each municipality, even partly. Hectares are those burned inside the municipality and are added fire by fire, so land that burned twice counts twice; that is why the share, given only for municipalities of 10 km² or more, can exceed 100 % (it is then shown as a multiple). It describes what happened: it does not measure risk or say anything about causes.