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Wildfires in Lac
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 7,970 km² of Lac at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 2,280 km², ranking 12th 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 2016, with 3,350 km² detected; the quietest was 2020, with 1,020 km². The 2021–2025 average is 42% 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 43% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 22 October 2018, with detections in 141 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 7,970 km² with at least one detection, 60% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,990 | 25% |
| 2 years | 1,230 | 15% |
| 3 to 5 years | 2,380 | 30% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2,210 | 28% |
| 11 years or more | 165 | 2.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 13.25, 14.25 and holds 37% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,850 | 3,847 |
| 2013 | 2,190 | 2,827 |
| 2014 | 3,070 | 4,685 |
| 2015 | 2,680 | 3,625 |
| 2016 | 3,350 | 5,010 |
| 2017 | 3,100 | 4,361 |
| 2018 | 2,610 | 3,265 |
| 2019 | 2,760 | 3,575 |
| 2020 | 1,020 | 1,049 |
| 2021 | 2,290 | 2,950 |
| 2022 | 1,940 | 2,418 |
| 2023 | 1,070 | 1,156 |
| 2024 | 1,600 | 1,873 |
| 2025 | 1,340 | 1,459 |
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.
Nearby regions
- Hadjer-Lamis77 km
- Diffa, Niger121 km
- Kanem123 km
- Far North, Cameroon228 km
- Chari-Baguirmi247 km
- Borno State, Nigeria247 km