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Wildfires in Mizdah
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 276 km² of Mizdah at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 29 km², ranking 14th 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 2019, with 84 km² detected; the quietest was 2016, with 9.5 km². The 2021–2025 average is 10% 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.
May, June and July together hold 33% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 26 June 2019, with detections in 9 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 276 km² with at least one detection, 6.9% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 233 | 84% |
| 2 years | 24 | 8.8% |
| 3 to 5 years | 9.6 | 3.5% |
| 6 to 10 years | 6.3 | 2.3% |
| 11 years or more | 3.3 | 1.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 31.25, 12.25 and holds 35% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 26 | 66 |
| 2013 | 26 | 175 |
| 2014 | 43 | 92 |
| 2015 | 22 | 43 |
| 2016 | 9.5 | 16 |
| 2017 | 11 | 130 |
| 2018 | 17 | 60 |
| 2019 | 84 | 168 |
| 2020 | 51 | 107 |
| 2021 | 20 | 151 |
| 2022 | 20 | 337 |
| 2023 | 19 | 137 |
| 2024 | 32 | 169 |
| 2025 | 23 | 438 |
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.
Nearby regions
- Nuqat al Khams166 km
- Az Zawiyah173 km
- Tripoli District191 km
- Murqub251 km
- Tataouine, Tunisia289 km
- Misratah304 km