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Wildfires in Al Wusta
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 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 1,270 km² of Al Wusta at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 208 km², ranking 1st 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 2018, with 273 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 158 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of 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 31% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 26 April 2019, with detections in 28 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,270 km² with at least one detection, 23% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 758 | 60% |
| 2 years | 223 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 174 | 14% |
| 6 to 10 years | 62 | 4.9% |
| 11 years or more | 49 | 3.8% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 21.25, 56.75 and holds 16% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 158 | 2,550 |
| 2013 | 178 | 2,879 |
| 2014 | 183 | 3,112 |
| 2015 | 204 | 3,009 |
| 2016 | 226 | 3,426 |
| 2017 | 245 | 3,261 |
| 2018 | 273 | 3,598 |
| 2019 | 268 | 4,423 |
| 2020 | 220 | 3,747 |
| 2021 | 194 | 3,762 |
| 2022 | 186 | 3,554 |
| 2023 | 195 | 3,868 |
| 2024 | 196 | 3,744 |
| 2025 | 185 | 3,725 |
Other regions of Oman
- 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
- Al Batinah South26 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.
Nearby regions
- Ad Dakhiliyah111 km
- Ad Dhahirah196 km
- Muscat270 km
- Ash Sharqiyah North306 km
- Al Batinah North333 km
- Dhofar368 km