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Wildfires in Oriental
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 821 km² of Oriental at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 71 km², ranking 6th of 16 regions of Morocco.
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 2023, with 106 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 42 km². The 2021–2025 average is 22% lower 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.
June, July and August together hold 34% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 17 July 2023, with detections in 35 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 821 km² with at least one detection, 3.7% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 726 | 88% |
| 2 years | 65 | 7.9% |
| 3 to 5 years | 23 | 2.8% |
| 6 to 10 years | 6.0 | 0.7% |
| 11 years or more | 1.0 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 34.75, -2.25 and holds 73% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 105 | 289 |
| 2013 | 76 | 212 |
| 2014 | 90 | 314 |
| 2015 | 48 | 267 |
| 2016 | 93 | 359 |
| 2017 | 66 | 303 |
| 2018 | 49 | 242 |
| 2019 | 94 | 302 |
| 2020 | 57 | 217 |
| 2021 | 75 | 280 |
| 2022 | 42 | 185 |
| 2023 | 106 | 281 |
| 2024 | 45 | 155 |
| 2025 | 51 | 187 |
Other regions of Morocco
- Tangier-Tetouan248 km² in an average year
- Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen122 km² in an average year
- Meknès-Tafilalet95 km² in an average year
- Suss-Massa-Draa95 km² in an average year
- Taza-Al Hoceïma-Taounate88 km² in an average year
- Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaër64 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
- Tlemcen, Algeria91 km
- Aïn Témouchent, Algeria106 km
- Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria182 km
- Mascara, Algeria190 km
- Oran, Algeria212 km
- Almería, Spain226 km