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Wildfires in Nouakchott
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 10:27 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 81 km² of Nouakchott at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 11 km², ranking 8th of 13 regions of Mauritania.
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 2025, with 19 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 1.2 km². The 2021–2025 average is 7.4% 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.
December, January and February together hold 41% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 3 September 2014, with detections in 3 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 81 km² with at least one detection, 19% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 54 | 67% |
| 2 years | 12 | 14% |
| 3 to 5 years | 7.1 | 8.7% |
| 6 to 10 years | 8.3 | 10% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 18.25, -15.75 and holds 60% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1.2 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2.4 | 4 |
| 2014 | 14 | 24 |
| 2015 | 12 | 26 |
| 2016 | 16 | 18 |
| 2017 | 16 | 23 |
| 2018 | 14 | 24 |
| 2019 | 16 | 30 |
| 2020 | 14 | 20 |
| 2021 | 9.4 | 18 |
| 2022 | 9.4 | 15 |
| 2023 | 5.9 | 23 |
| 2024 | 5.9 | 13 |
| 2025 | 19 | 27 |
Other regions of Mauritania
- Hodh Ech Chargui483 km² in an average year
- Trarza298 km² in an average year
- Guidimaka201 km² in an average year
- Assaba196 km² in an average year
- Hodh El Gharbi94 km² in an average year
- Gorgol67 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.