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Wildfires in Iraq
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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Regions
- Al Anbar8 fires
- Al Muthanna5 fires
- Al-Basrah28 fires
- Al-Qādisiyyah2 fires
- An-Najaf4 fires
- As-Sulaymaniyah9 fires
- Babylon2 fires
- Baghdad1 fire
- Dhi Qar3 fires
- Diyala17 fires
- Duhok24 fires
- Erbil60 fires
- Karbala'3 fires
- Kirkuk31 fires
- Maysan10 fires
- Nineveh94 fires
- Saladin26 fires
- Wasit4 fires
30 fires
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Fire history, 2012–2025
Detected · VIIRS S-NPP 375 m · 0.01° cells (~1.1 km) · complete years 2012–2025 · built 2026-09-21
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 72,270 km² of Iraq at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 9,670 km², ranking 67th of 200 countries.
Year by year
Detected area per year, km². Area of 0.01° cells with at least one detection in the year.
The busiest year was 2019, with 24,390 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 2,960 km². The 2021–2025 average is 24% higher than the 2012–2016 average.
Through the year
Share of all fire-days 2012–2025 by month. A fire-day is one cell with a detection on one day.
June, July and August together hold 31% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 26 June 2019, with detections in 559 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 72,270 km² with at least one detection, 20% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 41,950 | 58% |
| 2 years | 16,080 | 22% |
| 3 to 5 years | 12,020 | 17% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,700 | 2.4% |
| 11 years or more | 514 | 0.7% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 30.75, 47.25 and holds 12% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,960 | 46,100 |
| 2013 | 5,260 | 51,009 |
| 2014 | 8,060 | 53,007 |
| 2015 | 9,690 | 63,523 |
| 2016 | 10,390 | 72,032 |
| 2017 | 6,730 | 66,070 |
| 2018 | 5,890 | 62,668 |
| 2019 | 24,390 | 86,733 |
| 2020 | 16,840 | 75,082 |
| 2021 | 8,170 | 69,782 |
| 2022 | 5,020 | 65,116 |
| 2023 | 10,190 | 68,151 |
| 2024 | 14,050 | 73,865 |
| 2025 | 7,720 | 70,750 |
Nearby countries
- India324,930 km² in an average year
- Myanmar189,670 km² in an average year
- China182,410 km² in an average year
- Indonesia104,670 km² in an average year
- Thailand104,620 km² in an average year
- Lao PDR73,670 km² in an average year
- How these figures are madeDetected area, cells, and the single-satellite record.
Detected area counts every 0.01° cell with at least one VIIRS detection, so a small fire counts as a whole cell and a fire missed by cloud or between passes is absent. Borders: Natural Earth 1:10m. 2012 begins on 20 January.
Nearby countries
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
