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Wildfires in Al Butnan
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 88 km² of Al Butnan at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 8.5 km², ranking 22nd of 22 regions of Libya.
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 2023, with 20 km² detected; the quietest was 2013, with 3.2 km². The 2021–2025 average is 69% 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.
April, May and June together hold 34% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 20 April 2022, with detections in 3 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 88 km² with at least one detection, 7.3% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 74 | 84% |
| 2 years | 7.4 | 8.4% |
| 3 to 5 years | 4.2 | 4.8% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2.2 | 2.5% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 32.25, 23.75 and holds 73% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5.3 | 6 |
| 2013 | 3.2 | 4 |
| 2014 | 9.5 | 9 |
| 2015 | 7.4 | 11 |
| 2016 | 6.4 | 6 |
| 2017 | 7.4 | 8 |
| 2018 | 8.4 | 10 |
| 2019 | 4.2 | 7 |
| 2020 | 14 | 16 |
| 2021 | 13 | 16 |
| 2022 | 12 | 21 |
| 2023 | 20 | 36 |
| 2024 | 4.2 | 27 |
| 2025 | 5.3 | 89 |
Other regions of Libya
- Ajdabiya382 km² in an average year
- Tripoli District80 km² in an average year
- Sabha78 km² in an average year
- Benghazi57 km² in an average year
- Ghadames54 km² in an average year
- Az Zawiyah51 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.