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Wildfires in Sofia
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 45,990 km² of Sofia at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 17,440 km², ranking 4th of 22 regions of Madagascar.
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 22,620 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 13,140 km². The 2021–2025 average is 19% 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.
September, October and November together hold 64% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 27 October 2013, with detections in 825 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 45,990 km² with at least one detection, 78% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 4,730 | 10% |
| 2 years | 5,310 | 12% |
| 3 to 5 years | 15,990 | 35% |
| 6 to 10 years | 16,800 | 37% |
| 11 years or more | 3,160 | 6.9% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -15.25, 47.75 and holds 10% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 17,340 | 20,901 |
| 2013 | 22,620 | 30,089 |
| 2014 | 17,750 | 21,794 |
| 2015 | 18,340 | 21,790 |
| 2016 | 21,230 | 26,534 |
| 2017 | 16,280 | 19,983 |
| 2018 | 15,300 | 18,252 |
| 2019 | 16,400 | 20,064 |
| 2020 | 19,680 | 25,414 |
| 2021 | 14,330 | 17,129 |
| 2022 | 15,120 | 17,921 |
| 2023 | 16,620 | 20,523 |
| 2024 | 19,970 | 25,750 |
| 2025 | 13,140 | 15,237 |
Other regions of Madagascar
- Menabe24,240 km² in an average year
- Melaky22,840 km² in an average year
- Atsimo-Andrefana18,160 km² in an average year
- Betsiboka14,790 km² in an average year
- Boeny13,510 km² in an average year
- Toamasina9,960 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.