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Wildfires in Um Dafoug

Um Dafoug, Sudan, has had 68 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 197,807 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 38% of its area. Fire danger today: extreme (FWI 66).

Only fires of 2,000 ha or more get an entry: smaller ones are not in the lists or the totals on this page.

Fire danger, today and the coming days

FWI computed from the Open-Meteo forecast
  1. Fri 30 Extreme 40° · 10 % · 43 km/h
  2. Sat 31 Extreme 39° · 11 % · 39 km/h
  3. Sun 1 Very extreme 39° · 12 % · 44 km/h
  4. Mon 2 Extreme 40° · 13 % · 42 km/h
  5. Tue 3 Very extreme 41° · 12 % · 42 km/h
  6. Wed 4 Very extreme 42° · 9 % · 40 km/h
  7. Thu 5 Very extreme 40° · 9 % · 49 km/h
  8. Fri 6 Very extreme 39° · 11 % · 43 km/h

Canadian Fire Weather Index, the same system Copernicus uses, computed by WorldFires from the weather forecast and two months of past weather for fuel state. It is an estimate per municipality, not an official warning: warnings are issued by each country’s emergency service.

The municipality and its fires

Since 2016

197,807
hectares burned
38 %
of its area
68
fires
5,218
km²

How many times has Um Dafoug burned?

Um Dafoug has burned 68 times since 2016, in 10 years: 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Um Dafoug fire, 29 October 2026, with 2,084 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 3× 16
  2. 5× 17
  3.   18
  4. 5× 19
  5. 6× 20
  6. 13× 21
  7. 4× 22
  8. 13× 23
  9. 2× 24
  10. 4× 25
  11. 13× 26
68
fires
10
years with fire
197,807
cumulative ha
29 Oct 2026
most recent

Fires larger than 2,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016 that reached the municipality, even partly. Cumulative hectares add up every fire; the distinct area counts land that burned several times only once. Perimeters and boundaries overlaid by WorldFires.

Where it has burned most often in Sudan →

Fires that entered Um Dafoug

  1. 2,084 ha Um Dafoug fire, 29 October 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,071 ha in total · 3 days
  2. 2,358 ha Um Dafoug fire, 21 October 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,814 ha in total · 10 days
  3. 3,671 ha Um Dafoug fire, 18 October 2026 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 3,648 ha in total · 8 days
  4. 3,798 ha Um Dafoug fire, 17 October 2026 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 3,776 ha in total · 11 days
  5. 9,446 ha Um Dafoug fire, 16 October 2026 where it started 1.8% of the municipality · 9,387 ha in total · 16 days
  6. 218 ha Al Radoum fire, 15 October 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 9,181 ha in total · 13 days
  7. 3,716 ha Um Dafoug fire, 15 October 2026 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 3,693 ha in total · 10 days
  8. 486 ha Rehaid Albirdi fire, 8 March 2026 0.1% of the municipality · 2,116 ha in total · 2 days
  9. 5,335 ha Um Dafoug fire, February 2026 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 5,302 ha in total · 9 days
  10. 5 ha Rehaid Albirdi fire, 12 January 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 6,059 ha in total · 12 days
  11. 3,415 ha Um Dafoug fire, 12 January 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,393 ha in total · 7 days
  12. 6,046 ha Um Dafoug fire, 5 January 2026 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 6,010 ha in total · 4 days
  13. 9,410 ha Al Radoum fire, 2 January 2026 1.8% of the municipality · 48,869 ha in total · 39 days
  14. 2,438 ha Um Dafoug fire, December 2025 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,423 ha in total · 8 days
  15. 1,397 ha Um Dafoug fire, 23 February 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 2,321 ha in total · 9 days
  16. 1,396 ha Al Radoum fire, 15 February 2025 0.3% of the municipality · 2,798 ha in total · 10 days
  17. 3,527 ha Um Dafoug fire, 2 February 2025 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 3,505 ha in total · 8 days
  18. 3,347 ha Um Dafoug fire, 30 December 2024 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,326 ha in total · 4 days
  19. 2,021 ha Um Dafoug fire, 29 December 2024 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,009 ha in total · 4 days
  20. 2,928 ha Um Dafoug fire, 30 December 2023 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,910 ha in total · 7 days
  21. 3,358 ha Um Dafoug fire, 8 December 2023 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,336 ha in total · 6 days
  22. 2,120 ha Um Dafoug fire, 6 December 2023 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,108 ha in total · 4 days
  23. 1,471 ha Um Dafoug fire, 6 December 2023 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 2,154 ha in total · 3 days
  24. 2,703 ha Um Dafoug fire, 3 December 2023 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,688 ha in total · 11 days
  25. 2,283 ha Um Dafoug fire, 1 December 2023 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,269 ha in total · 3 days
  26. 2,851 ha Um Dafoug fire, 30 November 2023 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,834 ha in total · 4 days
  27. 3,701 ha Um Dafoug fire, 29 November 2023 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 3,678 ha in total · 4 days
  28. 2,847 ha Um Dafoug fire, 20 November 2023 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,830 ha in total · 3 days
  29. 2,216 ha Um Dafoug fire, 18 February 2023 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,202 ha in total · 5 days
  30. 3,096 ha Um Dafoug fire, 14 February 2023 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,076 ha in total · 6 days
  31. 4,673 ha Um Dafoug fire, 31 January 2023 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 4,647 ha in total · 6 days
  32. 2,986 ha Um Dafoug fire, 8 January 2023 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,968 ha in total · 17 days
  33. 2,582 ha Um Dafoug fire, 8 February 2022 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,565 ha in total · 8 days
  34. 3,915 ha Um Dafoug fire, 4 February 2022 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 3,893 ha in total · 9 days
  35. 2,789 ha Um Dafoug fire, 28 January 2022 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,772 ha in total · 3 days
  36. 2,760 ha Um Dafoug fire, 24 January 2022 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,742 ha in total · 5 days
  37. 2,474 ha Um Dafoug fire, 18 December 2021 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,460 ha in total · 10 days
  38. 7,440 ha Um Dafoug fire, 2 December 2021 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 7,396 ha in total · 6 days
  39. 4,186 ha Um Dafoug fire, 24 November 2021 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 4,161 ha in total · 4 days
  40. 2,996 ha Um Dafoug fire, 21 November 2021 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,979 ha in total · 1 day
  41. 3,418 ha Um Dafoug fire, March 2021 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 3,397 ha in total · 10 days
  42. 1,307 ha Kateila fire, February 2021 0.2% of the municipality · 2,837 ha in total · 4 days
  43. 5,342 ha Um Dafoug fire, February 2021 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 5,309 ha in total · 7 days
  44. 2,550 ha Um Dafoug fire, 30 January 2021 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,533 ha in total · 4 days
  45. 2,143 ha Um Dafoug fire, 19 January 2021 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,131 ha in total · 3 days
  46. 2,254 ha Um Dafoug fire, 17 January 2021 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,241 ha in total · 5 days
  47. 2,343 ha Um Dafoug fire, 13 January 2021 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,329 ha in total · 7 days
  48. 3,105 ha Um Dafoug fire, 9 January 2021 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,087 ha in total · 3 days
  49. 2,456 ha Um Dafoug fire, 7 January 2021 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,512 ha in total · 5 days
  50. 2,074 ha Um Dafoug fire, November 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,062 ha in total · 5 days
  51. 2,453 ha Um Dafoug fire, March 2020 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,438 ha in total · 8 days
  52. 626 ha Rehaid Albirdi fire, February 2020 0.1% of the municipality · 3,530 ha in total · 6 days
  53. 3,764 ha Um Dafoug fire, February 2020 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 3,739 ha in total · 4 days
  54. 3,322 ha Um Dafoug fire, 22 January 2020 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,301 ha in total · 7 days
  55. 2,634 ha Um Dafoug fire, 5 January 2020 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,617 ha in total · 6 days
  56. 3,543 ha Um Dafoug fire, December 2019 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 3,520 ha in total · 7 days
  57. 1,131 ha Kateila fire, March 2019 0.2% of the municipality · 2,816 ha in total · 12 days
  58. 2,936 ha Um Dafoug fire, February 2019 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,917 ha in total · 6 days
  59. 2,860 ha Um Dafoug fire, 11 January 2019 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,842 ha in total · 6 days
  60. 2,140 ha Um Dafoug fire, 8 January 2019 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,128 ha in total · 8 days
  61. 294 ha Al Radoum fire, 26 November 2017 0.1% of the municipality · 3,562 ha in total · 8 days
  62. 2,086 ha Um Dafoug fire, November 2017 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,072 ha in total · 2 days
  63. 2,212 ha Um Dafoug fire, February 2017 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,198 ha in total · 4 days
  64. 385 ha Al Radoum fire, 16 January 2017 0.1% of the municipality · 2,207 ha in total · 2 days
  65. 2,090 ha Um Dafoug fire, January 2017 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,076 ha in total · 6 days
  66. 1,049 ha Al Radoum fire, 17 December 2016 0.2% of the municipality · 3,891 ha in total · 4 days
  67. 2,236 ha Um Dafoug fire, 11 December 2016 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,267 ha in total · 10 days
  68. 4,561 ha Um Dafoug fire, 4 December 2016 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 4,533 ha in total · 18 days

Where this data comes from

Perimeters come from GWIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0), rebuilt from heat detections, and municipal boundaries from geoBoundaries/OCHA ROSEA, Information Management Working Group (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO)). The area per municipality is computed by WorldFires by crossing both. The forecast is from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

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