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Wildfires in Ma'rib
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 06:20 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 305 km² of Ma'rib at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 50 km², ranking 2nd 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 2014, with 105 km² detected; the quietest was 2016, with 25 km². The 2021–2025 average is 17% lower 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 34% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 9 January 2015, with detections in 14 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 305 km² with at least one detection, 19% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 192 | 63% |
| 2 years | 54 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 35 | 11% |
| 6 to 10 years | 7.2 | 2.4% |
| 11 years or more | 17 | 5.5% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 15.75, 45.75 and holds 72% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
Show the table
| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 45 | 1,061 |
| 2013 | 73 | 1,346 |
| 2014 | 105 | 1,734 |
| 2015 | 57 | 1,286 |
| 2016 | 25 | 542 |
| 2017 | 35 | 666 |
| 2018 | 26 | 730 |
| 2019 | 37 | 859 |
| 2020 | 47 | 1,419 |
| 2021 | 66 | 1,534 |
| 2022 | 48 | 1,012 |
| 2023 | 37 | 1,159 |
| 2024 | 50 | 1,235 |
| 2025 | 52 | 1,401 |
Other regions of Yemen
- Hadhramaut67 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
- 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.
Nearby regions
- Shabwah120 km
- Hadhramaut321 km
- Najran, Saudi Arabia337 km
- Jazan, Saudi Arabia408 km
- 'Asir, Saudi Arabia546 km
- Afar, Ethiopia581 km