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Wildfires in Ash Sharqiyah North
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 10:26 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 107 km² of Ash Sharqiyah North at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 21 km², ranking 7th 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 2012, with 33 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 10 km². The 2021–2025 average is 57% 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.
December, January and February together hold 32% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 6 May 2014, with detections in 6 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 107 km² with at least one detection, 27% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 68 | 63% |
| 2 years | 10 | 10% |
| 3 to 5 years | 13 | 12% |
| 6 to 10 years | 11 | 11% |
| 11 years or more | 5.6 | 5.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 22.75, 59.25 and holds 91% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 33 | 319 |
| 2013 | 28 | 334 |
| 2014 | 30 | 365 |
| 2015 | 26 | 340 |
| 2016 | 28 | 341 |
| 2017 | 29 | 338 |
| 2018 | 21 | 279 |
| 2019 | 26 | 273 |
| 2020 | 14 | 281 |
| 2021 | 10 | 292 |
| 2022 | 10 | 306 |
| 2023 | 16 | 237 |
| 2024 | 14 | 164 |
| 2025 | 11 | 189 |
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
- Al Batinah South26 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
- Muscat116 km
- Ad Dakhiliyah262 km
- Al Batinah North304 km
- Al Wusta306 km
- Ad Dhahirah358 km
- Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates451 km