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Wildfires in Maysan
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 07:28 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 3,900 km² of Maysan at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 612 km², ranking 7th 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 941 km² detected; the quietest was 2013, with 284 km². The 2021–2025 average is 36% 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.
July, August and September together hold 31% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 18 March 2025, with detections in 83 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 3,900 km² with at least one detection, 26% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,160 | 55% |
| 2 years | 736 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 years | 742 | 19% |
| 6 to 10 years | 214 | 5.5% |
| 11 years or more | 54 | 1.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 32.25, 47.25 and holds 47% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 421 | 4,601 |
| 2013 | 284 | 5,172 |
| 2014 | 556 | 5,523 |
| 2015 | 764 | 6,901 |
| 2016 | 476 | 6,351 |
| 2017 | 329 | 6,058 |
| 2018 | 768 | 8,588 |
| 2019 | 941 | 7,571 |
| 2020 | 616 | 6,410 |
| 2021 | 724 | 6,894 |
| 2022 | 719 | 8,775 |
| 2023 | 619 | 7,665 |
| 2024 | 588 | 7,369 |
| 2025 | 760 | 9,785 |
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
- Ilam, Iran47 km
- Dhi Qar109 km
- Lorestan, Iran120 km
- Wasit141 km
- Al-Basrah166 km
- Al Muthanna219 km