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Wildfires in Basse-Kotto Prefecture
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 09:19 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 16,430 km² of Basse-Kotto Prefecture at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 8,770 km², ranking 14th of 17 regions of Central African Republic.
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 2020, with 10,340 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 7,240 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of 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.
December, January and February together hold 85% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 21 January 2012, with detections in 701 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 16,430 km² with at least one detection, 92% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 572 | 3.5% |
| 2 years | 672 | 4.1% |
| 3 to 5 years | 3,250 | 20% |
| 6 to 10 years | 8,940 | 54% |
| 11 years or more | 2,990 | 18% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 5.25, 21.25 and holds 23% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 8,090 | 9,497 |
| 2013 | 8,220 | 9,921 |
| 2014 | 8,570 | 10,597 |
| 2015 | 9,540 | 12,593 |
| 2016 | 9,310 | 11,950 |
| 2017 | 7,750 | 9,011 |
| 2018 | 9,630 | 12,259 |
| 2019 | 8,630 | 10,576 |
| 2020 | 10,340 | 14,148 |
| 2021 | 8,650 | 10,698 |
| 2022 | 9,650 | 13,161 |
| 2023 | 7,960 | 9,549 |
| 2024 | 9,180 | 12,524 |
| 2025 | 7,240 | 8,484 |
Other regions of Central African Republic
- Haute-Kotto Prefecture47,220 km² in an average year
- Bamingui-Bangoran Prefecture37,100 km² in an average year
- Ouham Prefecture34,530 km² in an average year
- Haut-Mbomou Prefecture31,290 km² in an average year
- Ouaka Prefecture29,300 km² in an average year
- Vakaga Prefecture26,950 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.