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Wildfires in Sila
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 15,780 km² of Sila at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 3,840 km², ranking 10th 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 2013, with 4,750 km² detected; the quietest was 2015, with 1,740 km². The 2021–2025 average is 25% 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.
October, November and December together hold 76% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 29 October 2022, with detections in 344 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 15,780 km² with at least one detection, 53% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 4,750 | 30% |
| 2 years | 2,630 | 17% |
| 3 to 5 years | 5,050 | 32% |
| 6 to 10 years | 3,310 | 21% |
| 11 years or more | 44 | 0.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 12.25, 20.25 and holds 19% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4,370 | 4,089 |
| 2013 | 4,750 | 4,540 |
| 2014 | 3,020 | 2,859 |
| 2015 | 1,740 | 1,601 |
| 2016 | 3,320 | 3,243 |
| 2017 | 2,560 | 2,407 |
| 2018 | 4,240 | 4,141 |
| 2019 | 4,200 | 4,039 |
| 2020 | 4,100 | 3,887 |
| 2021 | 4,210 | 4,052 |
| 2022 | 4,280 | 4,006 |
| 2023 | 4,690 | 4,624 |
| 2024 | 3,840 | 3,646 |
| 2025 | 4,430 | 4,240 |
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.