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Wildfires in Al-Qassim
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 1,410 km² of Al-Qassim at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 173 km², ranking 5th of 13 regions of Saudi Arabia.
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 2024, with 226 km² detected; the quietest was 2015, with 134 km². The 2021–2025 average is 20% 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.
June, July and August together hold 29% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 22 March 2016, with detections in 14 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,410 km² with at least one detection, 13% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,010 | 72% |
| 2 years | 210 | 15% |
| 3 to 5 years | 133 | 9.5% |
| 6 to 10 years | 33 | 2.4% |
| 11 years or more | 20 | 1.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 26.25, 43.75 and holds 67% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 141 | 626 |
| 2013 | 178 | 705 |
| 2014 | 163 | 664 |
| 2015 | 134 | 607 |
| 2016 | 191 | 609 |
| 2017 | 152 | 538 |
| 2018 | 147 | 504 |
| 2019 | 155 | 520 |
| 2020 | 191 | 544 |
| 2021 | 182 | 552 |
| 2022 | 170 | 455 |
| 2023 | 174 | 453 |
| 2024 | 226 | 552 |
| 2025 | 216 | 542 |
Other regions of Saudi Arabia
- Eastern1,350 km² in an average year
- Riyadh529 km² in an average year
- Makkah368 km² in an average year
- Al-Jowf200 km² in an average year
- Al Madinah142 km² in an average year
- 'Asir118 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
- Ha'il227 km
- Riyadh344 km
- Al Ahmadi, Kuwait482 km
- Al Jahra, Kuwait552 km
- Al Muthanna, Iraq574 km
- Makkah598 km