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Wildfires in North Kordofan
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 38,950 km² of North Kordofan at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 4,420 km², ranking 6th 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 2025, with 12,180 km² detected; the quietest was 2014, with 1,630 km². The 2021–2025 average is 210% 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.
October, November and December together hold 39% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 28 October 2024, with detections in 209 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 38,950 km² with at least one detection, 14% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 24,670 | 63% |
| 2 years | 8,910 | 23% |
| 3 to 5 years | 5,070 | 13% |
| 6 to 10 years | 298 | 0.8% |
| 11 years or more | 4.8 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 13.75, 28.75 and holds 5.7% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,560 | 2,218 |
| 2013 | 4,070 | 3,638 |
| 2014 | 1,630 | 1,444 |
| 2015 | 1,720 | 1,549 |
| 2016 | 2,300 | 2,023 |
| 2017 | 2,560 | 2,259 |
| 2018 | 3,100 | 2,739 |
| 2019 | 2,500 | 2,251 |
| 2020 | 3,370 | 3,077 |
| 2021 | 4,410 | 4,034 |
| 2022 | 5,410 | 4,898 |
| 2023 | 8,110 | 7,584 |
| 2024 | 7,930 | 7,271 |
| 2025 | 12,180 | 11,645 |
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
- 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
- North Darfur292 km
- Al Jazirah435 km
- Khartoum461 km
- White Nile464 km
- South Kordofan474 km
- East Darfur495 km