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Wildfires in Ombella-M'Poko Prefecture
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 10:27 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 31,250 km² of Ombella-M'Poko Prefecture at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 18,660 km², ranking 9th 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 2015, with 23,250 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 13,200 km². The 2021–2025 average is 8.5% lower 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.
December, January and February together hold 91% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 27 December 2012, with detections in 1,377 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 31,250 km² with at least one detection, 97% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 352 | 1.1% |
| 2 years | 466 | 1.5% |
| 3 to 5 years | 3,340 | 11% |
| 6 to 10 years | 20,720 | 66% |
| 11 years or more | 6,380 | 20% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 4.75, 18.25 and holds 11% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 14,480 | 15,925 |
| 2013 | 16,480 | 18,877 |
| 2014 | 18,450 | 21,967 |
| 2015 | 23,250 | 34,140 |
| 2016 | 20,500 | 26,800 |
| 2017 | 20,360 | 26,138 |
| 2018 | 22,260 | 31,315 |
| 2019 | 20,200 | 26,007 |
| 2020 | 20,060 | 26,205 |
| 2021 | 17,940 | 21,468 |
| 2022 | 19,780 | 26,129 |
| 2023 | 13,720 | 15,377 |
| 2024 | 20,610 | 28,871 |
| 2025 | 13,200 | 14,775 |
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.
Nearby regions
- Lobaye Prefecture78 km
- Kémo Prefecture200 km
- Mambéré-Kadéï221 km
- Ouham Prefecture229 km
- Ouaka Prefecture247 km
- Nana-Grébizi Economic Prefecture248 km