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Wildfires in Central Darfur
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 13:28 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 15,290 km² of Central Darfur at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 2,870 km², ranking 9th 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 2013, with 4,500 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 1,380 km². The 2021–2025 average is 5.7% 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.
October, November and December together hold 58% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 5 November 2013, with detections in 235 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 15,290 km² with at least one detection, 39% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 6,190 | 41% |
| 2 years | 3,080 | 20% |
| 3 to 5 years | 4,460 | 29% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,530 | 10% |
| 11 years or more | 27 | 0.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 12.25, 23.75 and holds 15% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3,630 | 3,529 |
| 2013 | 4,500 | 4,378 |
| 2014 | 2,400 | 2,223 |
| 2015 | 2,110 | 2,014 |
| 2016 | 2,690 | 2,606 |
| 2017 | 2,670 | 2,630 |
| 2018 | 2,290 | 2,177 |
| 2019 | 2,830 | 2,753 |
| 2020 | 2,620 | 2,561 |
| 2021 | 2,630 | 2,544 |
| 2022 | 1,380 | 1,270 |
| 2023 | 2,900 | 2,895 |
| 2024 | 3,140 | 3,088 |
| 2025 | 4,410 | 4,439 |
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
- West Soudan172 km
- North Darfur277 km
- South Darfur338 km
- Ouaddaï, Chad343 km
- Vakaga Prefecture, Central African Republic351 km
- Sila, Chad380 km