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Wildfires in Eastern
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 08:29 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 8,100 km² of Eastern at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,350 km², ranking 1st 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 2019, with 2,030 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 983 km². The 2021–2025 average is 32% 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.
October, November and December together hold 28% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 16 June 2019, with detections in 591 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 8,100 km² with at least one detection, 26% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 4,490 | 55% |
| 2 years | 1,500 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,530 | 19% |
| 6 to 10 years | 308 | 3.8% |
| 11 years or more | 273 | 3.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 27.25, 49.75 and holds 18% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 983 | 11,837 |
| 2013 | 1,010 | 13,135 |
| 2014 | 1,090 | 13,384 |
| 2015 | 1,150 | 13,089 |
| 2016 | 1,270 | 15,196 |
| 2017 | 1,320 | 14,519 |
| 2018 | 1,370 | 15,882 |
| 2019 | 2,030 | 15,917 |
| 2020 | 1,390 | 14,871 |
| 2021 | 1,310 | 14,684 |
| 2022 | 1,330 | 13,541 |
| 2023 | 1,600 | 15,723 |
| 2024 | 1,480 | 15,123 |
| 2025 | 1,530 | 16,060 |
Other regions of Saudi Arabia
- Riyadh529 km² in an average year
- Makkah368 km² in an average year
- Al-Jowf200 km² in an average year
- Al-Qassim173 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
- Southern, Bahrain149 km
- Central, Bahrain149 km
- Al Rayyan, Qatar243 km
- Al Ahmadi, Kuwait257 km
- Al Khor, Qatar259 km
- Bushehr, Iran301 km