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Wildfires in Al Mahrah
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 19:25 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 56 km² of Al Mahrah at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 6.2 km², ranking 17th 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 12 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 0.0 km². The 2021–2025 average is 330% 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.
November, December and January together hold 45% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 8 May 2017, with detections in 2 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 56 km² with at least one detection, 6.4% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 45 | 81% |
| 2 years | 7.1 | 13% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1.2 | 2.1% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1.2 | 2.1% |
| 11 years or more | 1.2 | 2.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 16.25, 52.25 and holds 61% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1.2 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1.2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 4.8 | 5 |
| 2016 | 3.6 | 9 |
| 2017 | 7.2 | 20 |
| 2018 | 11 | 20 |
| 2019 | 6.0 | 9 |
| 2020 | 5.9 | 15 |
| 2021 | 9.5 | 16 |
| 2022 | 9.5 | 9 |
| 2023 | 7.2 | 7 |
| 2024 | 8.3 | 7 |
| 2025 | 12 | 11 |
Other regions of Yemen
- Hadhramaut67 km² in an average year
- Ma'rib50 km² in an average year
- Abyan40 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
- 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.