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Wildfires in Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah
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 76 km² of Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 12 km², ranking 5th of 8 regions of United Arab Emirates.
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 18 km² detected; the quietest was 2016, with 6.7 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.
November, December and January together hold 29% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 28 May 2022, with detections in 6 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 76 km² with at least one detection, 13% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 59 | 78% |
| 2 years | 6.7 | 8.8% |
| 3 to 5 years | 4.4 | 5.8% |
| 6 to 10 years | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 11 years or more | 5.6 | 7.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 25.75, 56.25 and holds 97% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 18 | 763 |
| 2013 | 14 | 703 |
| 2014 | 14 | 736 |
| 2015 | 11 | 740 |
| 2016 | 6.7 | 761 |
| 2017 | 13 | 646 |
| 2018 | 6.7 | 543 |
| 2019 | 7.8 | 518 |
| 2020 | 6.7 | 503 |
| 2021 | 8.9 | 494 |
| 2022 | 17 | 348 |
| 2023 | 13 | 516 |
| 2024 | 16 | 515 |
| 2025 | 12 | 530 |
Other regions of United Arab Emirates
- Emirate of Abu Dhabi304 km² in an average year
- Emirate of Dubai53 km² in an average year
- Emirate of Fujairah24 km² in an average year
- Emirate of Sharjah18 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
- Emirate of Fujairah50 km
- Emirate of Sharjah74 km
- Emirate of Dubai114 km
- Hormozgan, Iran166 km
- Al Batinah North, Oman174 km
- Ad Dhahirah, Oman337 km