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Wildfires in West Soudan
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 09:22 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 6,850 km² of West Soudan at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 712 km², ranking 12th 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 3,010 km² detected; the quietest was 2017, with 170 km². The 2021–2025 average is 307% 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 58% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 17 October 2025, with detections in 108 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 6,850 km² with at least one detection, 9.2% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 4,990 | 73% |
| 2 years | 1,240 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 534 | 7.8% |
| 6 to 10 years | 93 | 1.4% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 12.75, 22.25 and holds 22% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 481 | 478 |
| 2013 | 450 | 434 |
| 2014 | 276 | 245 |
| 2015 | 181 | 159 |
| 2016 | 325 | 302 |
| 2017 | 170 | 148 |
| 2018 | 193 | 170 |
| 2019 | 410 | 366 |
| 2020 | 509 | 460 |
| 2021 | 886 | 835 |
| 2022 | 1,060 | 1,007 |
| 2023 | 900 | 814 |
| 2024 | 1,120 | 1,032 |
| 2025 | 3,010 | 2,923 |
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
- Ouaddaï, Chad171 km
- Central Darfur172 km
- Sila, Chad224 km
- Wadi Fira, Chad351 km
- Vakaga Prefecture, Central African Republic392 km
- Guéra, Chad395 km