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Wildfires in Gourma
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 15:22 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 7,150 km² of Gourma at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,550 km², ranking 9th of 45 regions of Burkina Faso.
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 2,880 km² detected; the quietest was 2015, with 972 km². The 2021–2025 average is 88% 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 68% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 10 November 2025, with detections in 88 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 7,150 km² with at least one detection, 42% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,530 | 35% |
| 2 years | 1,610 | 23% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,880 | 26% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,040 | 15% |
| 11 years or more | 91 | 1.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 11.75, 1.25 and holds 25% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,270 | 1,185 |
| 2013 | 1,230 | 1,217 |
| 2014 | 1,080 | 1,080 |
| 2015 | 972 | 981 |
| 2016 | 1,190 | 1,193 |
| 2017 | 1,240 | 1,252 |
| 2018 | 1,150 | 1,143 |
| 2019 | 1,150 | 1,239 |
| 2020 | 1,650 | 1,712 |
| 2021 | 1,940 | 2,044 |
| 2022 | 1,550 | 1,570 |
| 2023 | 1,880 | 1,886 |
| 2024 | 2,520 | 2,499 |
| 2025 | 2,880 | 2,913 |
Other regions of Burkina Faso
- Comoé3,880 km² in an average year
- Kompienga3,630 km² in an average year
- Tapoa3,480 km² in an average year
- Poni3,160 km² in an average year
- Sissili2,520 km² in an average year
- Houet2,450 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
- Kompienga77 km
- Tapoa108 km
- Tillabéri, Niger122 km
- Koulpélogo122 km
- Komondjari123 km
- Atakora, Benin123 km