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Wildfires in Zarqa
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 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 150 km² of Zarqa at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 27 km², ranking 3rd 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 2025, with 38 km² detected; the quietest was 2013, with 19 km². The 2021–2025 average is 22% 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 32% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 30 October 2016, with detections in 5 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 150 km² with at least one detection, 23% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 84 | 56% |
| 2 years | 32 | 21% |
| 3 to 5 years | 17 | 11% |
| 6 to 10 years | 11 | 7.1% |
| 11 years or more | 7.4 | 4.9% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 32.25, 36.25 and holds 54% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 22 | 45 |
| 2013 | 19 | 79 |
| 2014 | 23 | 95 |
| 2015 | 32 | 145 |
| 2016 | 27 | 116 |
| 2017 | 29 | 64 |
| 2018 | 22 | 49 |
| 2019 | 30 | 60 |
| 2020 | 29 | 85 |
| 2021 | 25 | 62 |
| 2022 | 32 | 66 |
| 2023 | 24 | 58 |
| 2024 | 32 | 112 |
| 2025 | 38 | 134 |
Other regions of Jordan
- Irbid38 km² in an average year
- Amman37 km² in an average year
- Mafraq26 km² in an average year
- Balqa23 km² in an average year
- Aqaba23 km² in an average year
- Karak11 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
- Mafraq0 km
- Daraa, Syria55 km
- West Bank, Palestine94 km
- Northern, Israel109 km
- Haifa, Israel109 km
- Amman111 km