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Wildfires in Al Batinah South
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 09:19 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 225 km² of Al Batinah South at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 26 km², ranking 6th of 11 regions of Oman.
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 2017, with 41 km² detected; the quietest was 2020, with 18 km². The 2021–2025 average is 20% 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.
November, December and January together hold 30% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 29 March 2016, with detections in 5 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 225 km² with at least one detection, 14% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 165 | 73% |
| 2 years | 30 | 13% |
| 3 to 5 years | 25 | 11% |
| 6 to 10 years | 3.4 | 1.5% |
| 11 years or more | 2.3 | 1.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 23.75, 57.75 and holds 83% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 26 | 68 |
| 2013 | 20 | 51 |
| 2014 | 33 | 84 |
| 2015 | 26 | 92 |
| 2016 | 35 | 57 |
| 2017 | 41 | 65 |
| 2018 | 28 | 37 |
| 2019 | 25 | 57 |
| 2020 | 18 | 26 |
| 2021 | 31 | 40 |
| 2022 | 24 | 32 |
| 2023 | 20 | 36 |
| 2024 | 19 | 32 |
| 2025 | 18 | 33 |
Other regions of Oman
- Al Wusta208 km² in an average year
- Dhofar153 km² in an average year
- Ad Dhahirah129 km² in an average year
- Ad Dakhiliyah79 km² in an average year
- Al Batinah North70 km² in an average year
- Ash Sharqiyah North21 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.