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Wildfires in Blue Nile
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 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 35,910 km² of Blue Nile at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 12,580 km², ranking 3rd 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 2024, with 14,410 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 9,470 km². The 2021–2025 average is 9.0% 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.
November, December and January together hold 72% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 31 October 2013, with detections in 562 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 35,910 km² with at least one detection, 67% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 6,690 | 19% |
| 2 years | 5,030 | 14% |
| 3 to 5 years | 9,970 | 28% |
| 6 to 10 years | 11,800 | 33% |
| 11 years or more | 2,430 | 6.8% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 10.25, 34.25 and holds 11% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 13,680 | 15,837 |
| 2013 | 13,850 | 15,810 |
| 2014 | 12,540 | 14,191 |
| 2015 | 12,490 | 14,038 |
| 2016 | 13,820 | 16,129 |
| 2017 | 12,800 | 14,447 |
| 2018 | 11,340 | 12,646 |
| 2019 | 12,010 | 13,635 |
| 2020 | 13,220 | 15,662 |
| 2021 | 10,930 | 12,388 |
| 2022 | 9,470 | 10,252 |
| 2023 | 12,200 | 14,086 |
| 2024 | 14,410 | 16,423 |
| 2025 | 13,390 | 14,607 |
Other regions of Sudan
- South Kordofan41,250 km² in an average year
- South Darfur18,950 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
- Sennar4,310 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
- Oromia, Ethiopia166 km
- Benishangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia198 km
- Upper Nile, South Sudan199 km
- Gambela Peoples, Ethiopia222 km
- Sennar247 km
- White Nile276 km