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Wildfires in Dhofar
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 718 km² of Dhofar at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 153 km², ranking 2nd 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 2019, with 216 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 95 km². The 2021–2025 average is 25% 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.
November, December and January together hold 28% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 16 June 2019, with detections in 27 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 718 km² with at least one detection, 32% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 368 | 51% |
| 2 years | 118 | 16% |
| 3 to 5 years | 126 | 17% |
| 6 to 10 years | 62 | 8.7% |
| 11 years or more | 45 | 6.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 18.25, 55.25 and holds 29% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 95 | 2,454 |
| 2013 | 120 | 2,752 |
| 2014 | 129 | 3,077 |
| 2015 | 121 | 2,923 |
| 2016 | 155 | 3,350 |
| 2017 | 161 | 3,477 |
| 2018 | 179 | 4,108 |
| 2019 | 216 | 4,363 |
| 2020 | 187 | 3,407 |
| 2021 | 163 | 2,872 |
| 2022 | 149 | 2,320 |
| 2023 | 162 | 1,789 |
| 2024 | 155 | 1,835 |
| 2025 | 145 | 2,136 |
Other regions of Oman
- Al Wusta208 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
- Al Wusta368 km
- Ad Dakhiliyah471 km
- Ad Dhahirah503 km
- Muscat637 km
- Ash Sharqiyah North651 km
- Al Batinah North685 km