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Wildfires in Al Muthanna
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 09:19 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 950 km² of Al Muthanna at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 94 km², ranking 17th 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 2024, with 310 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 14 km². The 2021–2025 average is 344% 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.
April, May and June together hold 30% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 17 May 2024, with detections in 14 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 950 km² with at least one detection, 7.6% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 753 | 79% |
| 2 years | 125 | 13% |
| 3 to 5 years | 62 | 6.5% |
| 6 to 10 years | 7.5 | 0.8% |
| 11 years or more | 3.3 | 0.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 31.25, 45.25 and holds 54% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 14 | 117 |
| 2013 | 26 | 143 |
| 2014 | 80 | 239 |
| 2015 | 32 | 204 |
| 2016 | 35 | 230 |
| 2017 | 31 | 197 |
| 2018 | 33 | 231 |
| 2019 | 151 | 417 |
| 2020 | 89 | 390 |
| 2021 | 95 | 421 |
| 2022 | 62 | 535 |
| 2023 | 211 | 783 |
| 2024 | 310 | 873 |
| 2025 | 150 | 657 |
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.