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Wildfires in Louga
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 08:29 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 1,380 km² of Louga at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 142 km², ranking 11th of 14 regions of Senegal.
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 472 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 48 km². The 2021–2025 average is 32% 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.
March, April and May together hold 42% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 8 May 2013, with detections in 106 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,380 km² with at least one detection, 11% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 990 | 72% |
| 2 years | 244 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 145 | 10% |
| 6 to 10 years | 3.6 | 0.3% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 14.75, -15.25 and holds 35% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 117 | 102 |
| 2013 | 472 | 436 |
| 2014 | 195 | 166 |
| 2015 | 59 | 49 |
| 2016 | 72 | 60 |
| 2017 | 229 | 200 |
| 2018 | 48 | 44 |
| 2019 | 70 | 61 |
| 2020 | 108 | 94 |
| 2021 | 132 | 113 |
| 2022 | 97 | 83 |
| 2023 | 206 | 185 |
| 2024 | 114 | 105 |
| 2025 | 75 | 66 |
Other regions of Senegal
- Tambacounda16,400 km² in an average year
- Kédougou11,210 km² in an average year
- Kolda6,810 km² in an average year
- Sédhiou3,360 km² in an average year
- Matam2,240 km² in an average year
- Ziguinchor2,000 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
- Kaffrine77 km
- Central River, The Gambia123 km
- Kaolack123 km
- Fatick154 km
- Lower River, The Gambia175 km
- Saint-Louis198 km