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Wildfires in Al Jahra
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 09:22 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 791 km² of Al Jahra at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 194 km², ranking 2nd 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 2025, with 263 km² detected; the quietest was 2014, with 87 km². The 2021–2025 average is 108% 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.
September, October and November together hold 28% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 17 October 2012, with detections in 34 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 791 km² with at least one detection, 45% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 317 | 40% |
| 2 years | 120 | 15% |
| 3 to 5 years | 187 | 24% |
| 6 to 10 years | 125 | 16% |
| 11 years or more | 42 | 5.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 29.75, 47.75 and holds 60% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 117 | 1,889 |
| 2013 | 95 | 2,205 |
| 2014 | 87 | 2,276 |
| 2015 | 139 | 2,041 |
| 2016 | 154 | 2,498 |
| 2017 | 217 | 1,828 |
| 2018 | 211 | 2,166 |
| 2019 | 227 | 2,194 |
| 2020 | 237 | 1,719 |
| 2021 | 241 | 1,959 |
| 2022 | 235 | 2,094 |
| 2023 | 250 | 2,039 |
| 2024 | 246 | 1,774 |
| 2025 | 263 | 1,473 |
Other regions of Kuwait
- Al Ahmadi195 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 Ahmadi111 km
- Al-Basrah, Iraq121 km
- Khuzestan, Iran221 km
- Dhi Qar, Iraq264 km
- Ilam, Iran277 km
- Maysan, Iraq282 km