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Wildfires in Karak
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 100 km² of Karak at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 11 km², ranking 7th of 12 regions of Jordan.
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 2020, with 28 km² detected; the quietest was 2017, with 4.2 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of 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 45% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 3 August 2020, with detections in 3 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 100 km² with at least one detection, 10% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 76 | 77% |
| 2 years | 14 | 14% |
| 3 to 5 years | 7.4 | 7.4% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1.1 | 1.1% |
| 11 years or more | 1.1 | 1.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 31.25, 36.25 and holds 86% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 13 | 38 |
| 2013 | 6.4 | 76 |
| 2014 | 8.5 | 86 |
| 2015 | 12 | 111 |
| 2016 | 13 | 135 |
| 2017 | 4.2 | 84 |
| 2018 | 5.3 | 56 |
| 2019 | 9.5 | 54 |
| 2020 | 28 | 101 |
| 2021 | 13 | 51 |
| 2022 | 12 | 83 |
| 2023 | 9.6 | 64 |
| 2024 | 8.5 | 86 |
| 2025 | 12 | 88 |
Other regions of Jordan
- Irbid38 km² in an average year
- Amman37 km² in an average year
- Zarqa27 km² in an average year
- Mafraq26 km² in an average year
- Balqa23 km² in an average year
- Aqaba23 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
- Amman0 km
- Zarqa111 km
- Mafraq111 km
- West Bank, Palestine145 km
- Southern, Israel152 km
- Central, Israel152 km