Abstract
The article presents the results of analysis of wildfires regime in the Volgograd region. MODIS active fire data identified the seasonal and spatial characteristics of the fire regime in the municipal areas of the region. The majority (32 %) of all thermal anomalies were noted in August, the minimum fire danger during the growing season – in May and June. September has 20 % of the fires, and April (16 %), July (13 %) and October (9 %). A regional geographic information system of landscape fires in Volgograd region has been developed. Where seasonal and spatial features of the fire regime in places of 10x10 km were determined for each database object (district). The smallest plain of foci of burning in the pasture lands of the Trans-Volga region. High density and a large number of thermal points per year are characteristic of the Volga-Akhtuba floodplain and disctricts with crop areas: Kotelnikovsky, Oktyabrsky, Kalachevsky, Mikhailovsky, Kikvidzensky and Novonikolaevsky. The use of these data in practice will allow to effectively plan fire prevention measures.
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