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Wildfires in South Kordofan
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 109,310 km² of South Kordofan at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 41,250 km², ranking 1st 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 54,220 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 33,440 km². The 2021–2025 average is 12% 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 70% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 13 November 2018, with detections in 1,550 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 109,310 km² with at least one detection, 76% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 14,800 | 14% |
| 2 years | 11,730 | 11% |
| 3 to 5 years | 31,320 | 29% |
| 6 to 10 years | 46,690 | 43% |
| 11 years or more | 4,760 | 4.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 10.25, 31.25 and holds 4.3% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 39,820 | 42,819 |
| 2013 | 37,660 | 40,098 |
| 2014 | 38,870 | 43,330 |
| 2015 | 39,740 | 45,207 |
| 2016 | 37,760 | 42,186 |
| 2017 | 38,770 | 42,828 |
| 2018 | 40,330 | 44,153 |
| 2019 | 40,890 | 45,331 |
| 2020 | 46,200 | 52,541 |
| 2021 | 43,540 | 48,898 |
| 2022 | 33,440 | 35,479 |
| 2023 | 45,810 | 52,499 |
| 2024 | 40,510 | 43,676 |
| 2025 | 54,220 | 62,807 |
Other regions of Sudan
- 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
- 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
- Unity, South Sudan234 km
- Upper Nile, South Sudan275 km
- White Nile276 km
- Warrap, South Sudan320 km
- Blue Nile328 km
- Oromia, Ethiopia368 km