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Wildfires in Al-Basrah
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 06:20 UTC
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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 2026-09-23
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 2,010 km² of Al-Basrah at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 489 km², ranking 10th of 18 regions of Iraq.
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 2018, with 574 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 382 km². The 2021–2025 average is 14% lower 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.
August, September and October together hold 27% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 29 June 2024, with detections in 151 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 2,010 km² with at least one detection, 36% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 905 | 45% |
| 2 years | 371 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 370 | 18% |
| 6 to 10 years | 162 | 8.1% |
| 11 years or more | 198 | 10% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 30.75, 47.25 and holds 30% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 498 | 21,043 |
| 2013 | 499 | 20,998 |
| 2014 | 494 | 22,584 |
| 2015 | 560 | 24,974 |
| 2016 | 571 | 27,717 |
| 2017 | 502 | 28,035 |
| 2018 | 574 | 26,941 |
| 2019 | 480 | 26,473 |
| 2020 | 397 | 26,755 |
| 2021 | 382 | 27,638 |
| 2022 | 455 | 26,871 |
| 2023 | 464 | 26,957 |
| 2024 | 516 | 27,234 |
| 2025 | 450 | 26,357 |
Other regions of Iraq
- Nineveh1,320 km² in an average year
- Saladin1,050 km² in an average year
- Diyala933 km² in an average year
- Kirkuk846 km² in an average year
- Erbil799 km² in an average year
- As-Sulaymaniyah725 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 regions
- Al Jahra, Kuwait121 km
- Dhi Qar146 km
- Maysan166 km
- Ilam, Iran173 km
- Al Muthanna198 km
- Wasit219 km