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Wildfires in Haute-Kotto Prefecture
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 12:28 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 81,210 km² of Haute-Kotto Prefecture at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 47,220 km², ranking 1st 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 2016, with 55,550 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 38,410 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 91% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 29 December 2014, with detections in 1,950 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 81,210 km² with at least one detection, 94% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,290 | 2.8% |
| 2 years | 2,270 | 2.8% |
| 3 to 5 years | 9,240 | 11% |
| 6 to 10 years | 51,270 | 63% |
| 11 years or more | 16,140 | 20% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 8.25, 23.25 and holds 4.8% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 38,410 | 40,151 |
| 2013 | 49,030 | 57,956 |
| 2014 | 49,620 | 59,947 |
| 2015 | 47,090 | 54,141 |
| 2016 | 55,550 | 71,499 |
| 2017 | 45,830 | 50,033 |
| 2018 | 49,040 | 59,779 |
| 2019 | 42,750 | 46,128 |
| 2020 | 52,230 | 62,812 |
| 2021 | 49,590 | 56,241 |
| 2022 | 49,130 | 57,806 |
| 2023 | 45,270 | 49,788 |
| 2024 | 43,880 | 51,793 |
| 2025 | 43,670 | 48,891 |
Other regions of Central African Republic
- 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
- Mbomou Prefecture21,910 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
- Vakaga Prefecture124 km
- South Darfur, Sudan156 km
- Bamingui-Bangoran Prefecture275 km
- Haut-Mbomou Prefecture276 km
- Mbomou Prefecture323 km
- Salamat, Chad369 km