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Wildfires in Borkou
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 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 450 km² of Borkou at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 35 km², ranking 19th of 22 regions of Chad.
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 2022, with 214 km² detected; the quietest was 2014, with 0.0 km². The 2021–2025 average is 1375% 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 63% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 8 November 2022, with detections in 78 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 450 km² with at least one detection, 1.6% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 427 | 95% |
| 2 years | 15 | 3.4% |
| 3 to 5 years | 7.1 | 1.6% |
| 6 to 10 years | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 15.75, 20.25 and holds 51% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 7.1 | 6 |
| 2013 | 11 | 9 |
| 2014 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 7.1 | 6 |
| 2016 | 3.5 | 3 |
| 2017 | 3.5 | 3 |
| 2018 | 4.7 | 5 |
| 2019 | 5.9 | 6 |
| 2020 | 24 | 21 |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 |
| 2022 | 214 | 180 |
| 2023 | 7.0 | 6 |
| 2024 | 5.9 | 7 |
| 2025 | 178 | 171 |
Other regions of Chad
- Salamat29,890 km² in an average year
- Moyen-Chari23,390 km² in an average year
- Guéra14,990 km² in an average year
- Logone Oriental12,430 km² in an average year
- Tandjilé8,310 km² in an average year
- Mandoul7,260 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.