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Wildfires in Diyala
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 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 7,140 km² of Diyala at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 933 km², ranking 3rd 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 2019, with 3,020 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 185 km². The 2021–2025 average is 12% 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 37% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 10 July 2016, with detections in 79 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 7,140 km² with at least one detection, 20% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 4,100 | 57% |
| 2 years | 1,620 | 23% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,250 | 18% |
| 6 to 10 years | 152 | 2.1% |
| 11 years or more | 22 | 0.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 33.25, 44.25 and holds 28% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 185 | 997 |
| 2013 | 514 | 1,290 |
| 2014 | 1,050 | 1,949 |
| 2015 | 426 | 1,750 |
| 2016 | 1,260 | 2,866 |
| 2017 | 634 | 2,719 |
| 2018 | 536 | 2,710 |
| 2019 | 3,020 | 6,216 |
| 2020 | 1,610 | 4,307 |
| 2021 | 905 | 4,441 |
| 2022 | 425 | 3,270 |
| 2023 | 895 | 3,358 |
| 2024 | 994 | 3,592 |
| 2025 | 615 | 3,204 |
Other regions of Iraq
- Nineveh1,320 km² in an average year
- Saladin1,050 km² in an average year
- Kirkuk846 km² in an average year
- Erbil799 km² in an average year
- As-Sulaymaniyah725 km² in an average year
- Maysan612 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.