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Wildfires in Al Ahmadi
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 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 629 km² of Al Ahmadi at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 195 km², ranking 1st of 5 regions of Kuwait.
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 253 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 171 km². The 2021–2025 average is 15% 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.
January, February and March together hold 27% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 14 November 2012, with detections in 51 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 629 km² with at least one detection, 46% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 248 | 40% |
| 2 years | 92 | 15% |
| 3 to 5 years | 111 | 18% |
| 6 to 10 years | 88 | 14% |
| 11 years or more | 90 | 14% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 28.75, 47.75 and holds 40% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 177 | 5,039 |
| 2013 | 201 | 5,950 |
| 2014 | 202 | 5,081 |
| 2015 | 180 | 3,930 |
| 2016 | 178 | 3,760 |
| 2017 | 172 | 3,171 |
| 2018 | 174 | 2,688 |
| 2019 | 193 | 3,231 |
| 2020 | 174 | 2,959 |
| 2021 | 193 | 2,253 |
| 2022 | 171 | 2,055 |
| 2023 | 232 | 2,993 |
| 2024 | 253 | 3,226 |
| 2025 | 231 | 3,498 |
Other regions of Kuwait
- Al Jahra194 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 Jahra111 km
- Al-Basrah, Iraq227 km
- Eastern, Saudi Arabia257 km
- Khuzestan, Iran294 km
- Fars, Iran334 km
- Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Iran334 km