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Wildfires in Salamat
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 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 65,020 km² of Salamat at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 29,890 km², ranking 1st 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 2021, with 33,620 km² detected; the quietest was 2014, with 26,590 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of 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 81% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 6 December 2023, with detections in 986 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 65,020 km² with at least one detection, 87% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 4,320 | 6.6% |
| 2 years | 4,200 | 6.5% |
| 3 to 5 years | 15,760 | 24% |
| 6 to 10 years | 35,050 | 54% |
| 11 years or more | 5,680 | 8.7% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 9.75, 20.25 and holds 6.7% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 27,580 | 28,178 |
| 2013 | 30,760 | 32,959 |
| 2014 | 26,590 | 28,485 |
| 2015 | 29,590 | 33,106 |
| 2016 | 29,940 | 32,203 |
| 2017 | 28,660 | 30,388 |
| 2018 | 31,310 | 34,199 |
| 2019 | 30,930 | 33,352 |
| 2020 | 31,910 | 36,121 |
| 2021 | 33,620 | 38,559 |
| 2022 | 27,440 | 29,674 |
| 2023 | 32,990 | 37,696 |
| 2024 | 28,670 | 31,343 |
| 2025 | 28,400 | 31,123 |
Other regions of Chad
- 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
- Mayo-Kebbi Est6,570 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
- Moyen-Chari122 km
- Guéra156 km
- Bamingui-Bangoran Prefecture, Central African Republic175 km
- Sila277 km
- Vakaga Prefecture, Central African Republic279 km
- Mandoul321 km