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Boumerdès
Wildfire activity in Boumerdès, from NASA FIRMS satellite data.
Key insight
Boumerdès ranks #16 of 58 wilayas — 2.6% of Algeria's confirmed fires. 2012 was its worst year.
Confirmed fires
1,275
Total detections
8,484
National rank
#16 of 58
Share of Algeria
2.6%
of all confirmed fires
Largest fire
2,192 MW
Peak month
August
Fire season
Worst year
2012
1,363 detections
Map
Fire incidents recorded in this wilaya.
Fire season
Detections by month, summed across all years — Algeria's fire season peaks in summer.
Fire season Off season
Year by year
Total detections per year. The dashed line is the multi-year average.
Largest incidents on record
The biggest confirmed fires in this wilaya, by satellite detections.
Aug 9, 2021 → Aug 11, 20212 days397 Detections1496 MW
Jul 20, 2023 → Jul 25, 20235 days391 Detections1176 MW
Aug 15, 2013 → Aug 20, 20135 days185 Detections337 MW
Aug 23, 2012 → Aug 29, 20126 days159 Detections519 MW
Aug 13, 2021 → Aug 15, 20212 days147 Detections264 MW
Aug 1, 2020 → Aug 3, 202039h143 Detections526 MW
Aug 12, 2021 → Aug 14, 20213 days125 Detections567 MW
Aug 27, 2020 → Sep 2, 20206 days119 Detections888 MW
Jul 22, 2019 → Jul 24, 20192 days113 Detections268 MW
Aug 9, 2012 → Aug 15, 20126 days109 Detections246 MW
Fire intensity
Detections by fire radiative power (FRP, in megawatts) — a few intense fires dominate.