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Wildfires in Al Wakrah
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 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 72 km² of Al Wakrah at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 34 km², ranking 3rd of 7 regions of Qatar.
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 2022, with 39 km² detected; the quietest was 2016, with 28 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.
December, January and February together hold 31% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 2 July 2012, with detections in 12 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 72 km² with at least one detection, 55% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 26 | 36% |
| 2 years | 6.7 | 9.3% |
| 3 to 5 years | 5.6 | 7.8% |
| 6 to 10 years | 10 | 14% |
| 11 years or more | 24 | 33% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 24.75, 51.75 and holds 98% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 34 | 1,354 |
| 2013 | 34 | 1,169 |
| 2014 | 34 | 1,346 |
| 2015 | 35 | 1,048 |
| 2016 | 28 | 1,035 |
| 2017 | 34 | 1,178 |
| 2018 | 32 | 1,145 |
| 2019 | 35 | 1,385 |
| 2020 | 36 | 1,172 |
| 2021 | 35 | 1,061 |
| 2022 | 39 | 1,175 |
| 2023 | 33 | 1,044 |
| 2024 | 28 | 828 |
| 2025 | 35 | 819 |
Other regions of Qatar
- Al Rayyan55 km² in an average year
- Al Khor46 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 Khor111 km
- Al Rayyan115 km
- Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates115 km
- Southern, Bahrain194 km
- Central, Bahrain194 km
- Eastern, Saudi Arabia342 km