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Souk Ahras
Wildfire activity in Souk Ahras, from NASA FIRMS satellite data.
Key insight
Souk Ahras ranks #7 of 58 wilayas — 4.7% of Algeria's confirmed fires. 2022 was its worst year.
Confirmed fires
2,317
Total detections
10,895
National rank
#7 of 58
Share of Algeria
4.7%
of all confirmed fires
Largest fire
2,875 MW
Peak month
August
Fire season
Worst year
2022
1,924 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 12, 2022 → Aug 17, 20225 days628 Detections1776 MW
Aug 15, 2022 → Aug 17, 20222 days622 Detections1624 MW
Aug 12, 2021 → Aug 14, 20213 days533 Detections1149 MW
Aug 11, 2022 → Aug 17, 20226 days523 Detections888 MW
Aug 3, 2017 → Aug 9, 20176 days360 Detections2875 MW
Aug 2, 2012 → Aug 8, 20127 days307 Detections403 MW
Jul 30, 2017 → Aug 2, 20173 days259 Detections825 MW
Jul 24, 2021 → Jul 28, 20214 days184 Detections163 MW
Jul 30, 2020 → Aug 3, 20204 days164 Detections407 MW
Aug 8, 2014 → Aug 13, 20145 days132 Detections215 MW
Fire intensity
Detections by fire radiative power (FRP, in megawatts) — a few intense fires dominate.