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Wildfires in Laghouat
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 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 336 km² of Laghouat at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 65 km², ranking 27th of 48 regions of Algeria.
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 2023, with 124 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 44 km². The 2021–2025 average is 81% 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.
August, September and October together hold 29% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 14 March 2023, with detections in 25 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 336 km² with at least one detection, 21% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 203 | 60% |
| 2 years | 62 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 years | 33 | 10% |
| 6 to 10 years | 5.1 | 1.5% |
| 11 years or more | 32 | 10% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 32.75, 3.25 and holds 59% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 49 | 2,436 |
| 2013 | 53 | 2,947 |
| 2014 | 49 | 2,913 |
| 2015 | 49 | 2,845 |
| 2016 | 53 | 3,060 |
| 2017 | 49 | 3,063 |
| 2018 | 44 | 2,726 |
| 2019 | 54 | 2,976 |
| 2020 | 58 | 3,206 |
| 2021 | 44 | 2,744 |
| 2022 | 94 | 2,800 |
| 2023 | 124 | 3,208 |
| 2024 | 83 | 2,639 |
| 2025 | 113 | 2,945 |
Other regions of Algeria
- Ouargla941 km² in an average year
- Béjaïa337 km² in an average year
- Illizi320 km² in an average year
- Skikda312 km² in an average year
- Jijel284 km² in an average year
- Tizi Ouzou272 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.