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Wildfires in Abyan
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 334 km² of Abyan at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 40 km², ranking 3rd of 21 regions of Yemen.
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 2025, with 62 km² detected; the quietest was 2014, with 24 km². The 2021–2025 average is 56% 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 37% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 29 October 2014, with detections in 3 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 334 km² with at least one detection, 16% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 222 | 66% |
| 2 years | 60 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 43 | 13% |
| 6 to 10 years | 6.0 | 1.8% |
| 11 years or more | 2.4 | 0.7% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 13.25, 45.25 and holds 78% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 33 | 32 |
| 2013 | 40 | 64 |
| 2014 | 24 | 84 |
| 2015 | 30 | 43 |
| 2016 | 33 | 31 |
| 2017 | 36 | 37 |
| 2018 | 41 | 79 |
| 2019 | 39 | 69 |
| 2020 | 37 | 63 |
| 2021 | 59 | 95 |
| 2022 | 35 | 81 |
| 2023 | 53 | 64 |
| 2024 | 40 | 37 |
| 2025 | 62 | 69 |
Other regions of Yemen
- Hadhramaut67 km² in an average year
- Ma'rib50 km² in an average year
- Shabwah36 km² in an average year
- Al Hudaydah29 km² in an average year
- Sa'dah23 km² in an average year
- Ibb20 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.