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Wildfires in White Nile
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 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 8,920 km² of White Nile at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,100 km², ranking 10th 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 2,700 km² detected; the quietest was 2014, with 392 km². The 2021–2025 average is 206% 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 38% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 26 October 2024, with detections in 66 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 8,920 km² with at least one detection, 17% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 5,500 | 62% |
| 2 years | 1,860 | 21% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,370 | 15% |
| 6 to 10 years | 181 | 2.0% |
| 11 years or more | 4.8 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 12.25, 32.75 and holds 11% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 628 | 575 |
| 2013 | 836 | 826 |
| 2014 | 392 | 361 |
| 2015 | 653 | 627 |
| 2016 | 495 | 445 |
| 2017 | 678 | 638 |
| 2018 | 656 | 600 |
| 2019 | 901 | 860 |
| 2020 | 915 | 848 |
| 2021 | 1,150 | 1,089 |
| 2022 | 1,520 | 1,414 |
| 2023 | 1,660 | 1,656 |
| 2024 | 2,180 | 2,101 |
| 2025 | 2,700 | 2,559 |
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
- Al Jazirah222 km
- Sennar271 km
- South Kordofan276 km
- Blue Nile276 km
- Amhara, Ethiopia325 km
- Al Qadarif330 km