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Wildfires in Al Qadarif
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 11:26 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 22,440 km² of Al Qadarif at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 4,260 km², ranking 8th of 17 regions of 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 2023, with 7,220 km² detected; the quietest was 2016, with 1,300 km². The 2021–2025 average is 188% 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.
January, February and March together hold 42% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 26 January 2023, with detections in 98 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 22,440 km² with at least one detection, 38% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 9,420 | 42% |
| 2 years | 4,600 | 20% |
| 3 to 5 years | 5,980 | 27% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2,230 | 10% |
| 11 years or more | 212 | 0.9% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 12.75, 35.75 and holds 18% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,230 | 2,359 |
| 2013 | 3,980 | 3,940 |
| 2014 | 1,820 | 1,751 |
| 2015 | 1,520 | 1,467 |
| 2016 | 1,300 | 1,374 |
| 2017 | 2,910 | 2,915 |
| 2018 | 3,470 | 3,480 |
| 2019 | 4,900 | 5,021 |
| 2020 | 6,200 | 6,436 |
| 2021 | 4,770 | 4,795 |
| 2022 | 6,840 | 7,050 |
| 2023 | 7,220 | 7,664 |
| 2024 | 5,750 | 5,878 |
| 2025 | 6,700 | 6,944 |
Other regions of Sudan
- South Kordofan41,250 km² in an average year
- South Darfur18,950 km² in an average year
- Blue Nile12,580 km² in an average year
- East Darfur9,250 km² in an average year
- North Darfur4,870 km² in an average year
- North Kordofan4,420 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
- Amhara, Ethiopia55 km
- Sennar77 km
- Benishangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia166 km
- Tigray, Ethiopia196 km
- Gash-Barka, Eritrea232 km
- Blue Nile322 km