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Wildfires in Northern Bahr el Ghazal
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 36,430 km² of Northern Bahr el Ghazal at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 19,890 km², ranking 8th of 10 regions of South Sudan.
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 21,730 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 18,550 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of 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 67% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 10 November 2017, with detections in 582 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 36,430 km² with at least one detection, 93% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,460 | 4.0% |
| 2 years | 1,250 | 3.4% |
| 3 to 5 years | 5,380 | 15% |
| 6 to 10 years | 22,280 | 61% |
| 11 years or more | 6,060 | 17% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 8.25, 26.75 and holds 10% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 18,550 | 19,813 |
| 2013 | 19,420 | 21,822 |
| 2014 | 19,930 | 22,236 |
| 2015 | 20,050 | 23,177 |
| 2016 | 19,840 | 22,840 |
| 2017 | 20,160 | 22,531 |
| 2018 | 19,680 | 21,858 |
| 2019 | 19,610 | 21,682 |
| 2020 | 21,010 | 24,059 |
| 2021 | 20,130 | 23,110 |
| 2022 | 18,600 | 20,720 |
| 2023 | 19,040 | 22,701 |
| 2024 | 20,680 | 24,453 |
| 2025 | 21,730 | 26,705 |
Other regions of South Sudan
- Western Bahr el Ghazal56,430 km² in an average year
- Western Equatoria55,660 km² in an average year
- Jonglei49,900 km² in an average year
- Upper Nile35,650 km² in an average year
- Central Equatoria29,410 km² in an average year
- Lakes21,590 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
- East Darfur, Sudan166 km
- Western Bahr el Ghazal199 km
- Warrap226 km
- Haut-Mbomou Prefecture, Central African Republic234 km
- South Darfur, Sudan296 km
- Lakes322 km