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Wildfires in Sennar
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 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 17,020 km² of Sennar at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 4,310 km², ranking 7th 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 7,240 km² detected; the quietest was 2016, with 2,550 km². The 2021–2025 average is 87% 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.
November, December and January together hold 65% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 12 November 2012, with detections in 198 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 17,020 km² with at least one detection, 45% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 6,370 | 37% |
| 2 years | 3,000 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 3,390 | 20% |
| 6 to 10 years | 3,820 | 22% |
| 11 years or more | 442 | 2.6% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 12.25, 35.25 and holds 35% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3,550 | 3,872 |
| 2013 | 3,590 | 3,949 |
| 2014 | 3,020 | 3,397 |
| 2015 | 2,760 | 3,179 |
| 2016 | 2,550 | 2,731 |
| 2017 | 2,880 | 3,108 |
| 2018 | 3,600 | 4,078 |
| 2019 | 4,190 | 4,625 |
| 2020 | 5,190 | 5,743 |
| 2021 | 3,950 | 3,961 |
| 2022 | 4,730 | 5,063 |
| 2023 | 6,170 | 6,550 |
| 2024 | 6,870 | 7,598 |
| 2025 | 7,240 | 7,988 |
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, Ethiopia54 km
- Al Qadarif77 km
- Benishangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia123 km
- Blue Nile247 km
- White Nile271 km
- Tigray, Ethiopia273 km