Wildfires in South Sudan
Situation over the last 30 days
1569 fires detected in South Sudan over the last 30 days, totalling 1,131,007 hectares of cumulative footprint. The latest satellite detection (NASA FIRMS) dates from October 21 at 08:21 PM.
The savannas in South Sudan burn every dry season, over huge areas but with fast, low-intensity grass fires, largely lit for farming and grazing. Detections are numerous; destructive forest fires are rare.
- Bahr el Ghazal occidental (SS)from October 3 at 01:13 PM to October 21 at 08:21 PM311,236 ha
- Bahr el Ghazal occidental (SS)from September 22 at 01:17 PM to October 21 at 03:44 PM33,770 ha
- Bahr el Ghazal du Nord (SS)from October 13 at 01:47 PM to October 21 at 08:21 PM22,664 ha
- Jonglei (SS)from September 28 at 01:25 PM to October 9 at 01:19 PM22,093 ha
- Jonglei (SS)from September 29 at 12:45 PM to October 11 at 02:02 PM16,265 ha
- Warab (SS)from October 2 at 12:53 PM to October 21 at 03:44 PM16,246 ha
- Bahr el Ghazal du Nord (SS)from October 3 at 12:36 PM to October 21 at 03:46 PM14,060 ha
- Bahr el Ghazal du Nord (SS)from October 3 at 02:07 AM to October 21 at 03:46 PM13,309 ha
- Jonglei (SS)from September 29 at 08:25 AM to October 15 at 01:06 PM13,112 ha
- Lacs (SS)from September 28 at 01:25 PM to October 21 at 03:44 PM11,095 ha
- Jonglei (SS)from October 13 at 01:45 PM to October 21 at 01:38 PM10,188 ha
- Jonglei (SS)from October 15 at 12:47 PM to October 20 at 03:06 PM9,081 ha
- Bahr el Ghazal du Nord (SS)from October 16 at 12:49 PM to October 21 at 03:46 PM8,664 ha
- Unité (SS)from October 13 at 01:45 PM to October 21 at 08:21 PM8,514 ha
- Nil Supérieur (SS)from September 28 at 01:25 PM to October 10 at 01:02 PM8,154 ha
- Jonglei (SS)from October 2 at 12:53 PM to October 21 at 08:19 PM8,000 ha
- Bahr el Ghazal occidental (SS)from October 13 at 01:47 PM to October 21 at 03:46 PM7,895 ha
- Lacs (SS)from September 25 at 01:25 PM to October 20 at 01:57 PM7,250 ha
- Équatoria-Occidental (SS)from September 30 at 12:47 PM to October 21 at 03:44 PM6,997 ha
- Nil Supérieur (SS)from September 29 at 12:47 PM to October 11 at 01:35 AM5,627 ha
- Bahr el Ghazal occidental (SS)from October 9 at 01:19 PM to October 21 at 03:46 PM5,366 ha
- Unité (SS)from September 22 at 12:41 PM to October 21 at 02:17 PM5,215 ha
- Jonglei (SS)from October 4 at 12:53 PM to October 9 at 01:19 PM5,126 ha
- Jonglei (SS)from September 27 at 01:25 PM to October 9 at 01:19 PM4,426 ha
- Warab (SS)from October 11 at 01:25 PM to October 21 at 03:44 PM4,313 ha
- Bahr el Ghazal occidental (SS)from October 14 at 01:25 PM to October 21 at 03:46 PM4,289 ha
- Benishangul-Gumuz (ET)from September 29 at 12:11 PM to October 11 at 01:25 PM4,198 ha
- Bahr el Ghazal occidental (SS)from October 13 at 03:38 PM to October 21 at 03:44 PM4,186 ha
- Jonglei (SS)from September 27 at 12:47 PM to October 12 at 01:06 PM4,182 ha
- Bahr el Ghazal occidental (SS)from October 16 at 12:47 PM to October 21 at 03:44 PM4,126 ha
- Équatoria-Occidental (SS)from October 3 at 12:36 PM to October 21 at 02:17 PM3,999 ha
- Unité (SS)from September 22 at 12:41 PM to October 21 at 01:38 PM3,965 ha
- Bahr el Ghazal du Nord (SS)from October 19 at 01:13 PM to October 21 at 08:21 PM3,923 ha
- Équatoria-Oriental (SS)from October 3 at 01:13 PM to October 15 at 03:14 PM3,721 ha
- Lacs (SS)from October 2 at 12:53 PM to October 21 at 01:38 PM3,663 ha
- Nil Supérieur (SS)from September 23 at 01:00 PM to October 11 at 12:41 PM3,652 ha
- Jonglei (SS)from September 29 at 12:45 PM to October 11 at 02:02 PM3,601 ha
- Jonglei (SS)from September 28 at 01:25 PM to October 21 at 12:53 PM3,595 ha
- Bahr el Ghazal occidental (SS)from October 3 at 12:36 PM to October 21 at 02:17 PM3,587 ha
- Unité (SS)from October 11 at 01:25 PM to October 21 at 03:46 PM3,580 ha
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These figures come from satellite thermal detection and are not an official tally: only the emergency services of the country concerned are authoritative. The detected footprint overstates the area actually burnt, a pixel counting whole (375 m for VIIRS, 1 km for MODIS) when only an edge burns. A freshly detected fire may not yet carry a place name and will then not appear in this list, though it is already on the map.
Learn more: what a forest fire is and how satellites detect it
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