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Wildfires in An-Najaf
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 09:22 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 948 km² of An-Najaf at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 210 km², ranking 15th 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 373 km² detected; the quietest was 2013, with 119 km². The 2021–2025 average is 51% 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.
May, June and July together hold 45% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 17 May 2024, with detections in 47 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 948 km² with at least one detection, 44% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 396 | 42% |
| 2 years | 138 | 15% |
| 3 to 5 years | 237 | 25% |
| 6 to 10 years | 162 | 17% |
| 11 years or more | 16 | 1.7% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 31.75, 44.25 and holds 65% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 123 | 399 |
| 2013 | 119 | 588 |
| 2014 | 158 | 655 |
| 2015 | 212 | 641 |
| 2016 | 189 | 747 |
| 2017 | 152 | 725 |
| 2018 | 196 | 691 |
| 2019 | 266 | 849 |
| 2020 | 310 | 881 |
| 2021 | 283 | 921 |
| 2022 | 127 | 662 |
| 2023 | 136 | 750 |
| 2024 | 373 | 1,164 |
| 2025 | 294 | 982 |
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-Qādisiyyah47 km
- Karbala'55 km
- Al Anbar109 km
- Al Muthanna109 km
- Babylon111 km
- Wasit151 km