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Wildfires in Saint-Louis
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 09:22 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 2,600 km² of Saint-Louis at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 460 km², ranking 8th 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 2021, with 647 km² detected; the quietest was 2014, with 322 km². The 2021–2025 average is 36% 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.
November, December and January together hold 50% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 25 October 2012, with detections in 45 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 2,600 km² with at least one detection, 36% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,250 | 48% |
| 2 years | 404 | 16% |
| 3 to 5 years | 712 | 27% |
| 6 to 10 years | 231 | 8.9% |
| 11 years or more | 2.4 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 16.25, -16.25 and holds 53% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 453 | 423 |
| 2013 | 486 | 477 |
| 2014 | 322 | 306 |
| 2015 | 368 | 367 |
| 2016 | 356 | 368 |
| 2017 | 447 | 455 |
| 2018 | 401 | 394 |
| 2019 | 497 | 492 |
| 2020 | 409 | 387 |
| 2021 | 647 | 685 |
| 2022 | 589 | 723 |
| 2023 | 573 | 573 |
| 2024 | 495 | 512 |
| 2025 | 398 | 374 |
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.