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Wildfires in Sohag
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 06:20 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 841 km² of Sohag at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 124 km², ranking 15th of 27 regions of Egypt.
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 173 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 59 km². The 2021–2025 average is 53% 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.
September, October and November together hold 53% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 7 June 2016, with detections in 23 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 841 km² with at least one detection, 26% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 441 | 52% |
| 2 years | 181 | 22% |
| 3 to 5 years | 178 | 21% |
| 6 to 10 years | 41 | 4.9% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 26.25, 31.75 and holds 41% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 59 | 54 |
| 2013 | 92 | 94 |
| 2014 | 78 | 78 |
| 2015 | 94 | 94 |
| 2016 | 158 | 162 |
| 2017 | 120 | 128 |
| 2018 | 119 | 125 |
| 2019 | 130 | 147 |
| 2020 | 153 | 177 |
| 2021 | 173 | 191 |
| 2022 | 169 | 186 |
| 2023 | 145 | 149 |
| 2024 | 132 | 134 |
| 2025 | 114 | 120 |
Other regions of Egypt
- Dakahlia668 km² in an average year
- Al Sharqia566 km² in an average year
- Beheira446 km² in an average year
- New Valley389 km² in an average year
- Matrouh363 km² in an average year
- Kafr el-Sheikh360 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.