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Wildfires in Ouaka 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 48,990 km² of Ouaka Prefecture at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 29,300 km², ranking 5th 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 34,480 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 23,380 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 21 January 2012, with detections in 2,196 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 48,990 km² with at least one detection, 97% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 581 | 1.2% |
| 2 years | 882 | 1.8% |
| 3 to 5 years | 6,220 | 13% |
| 6 to 10 years | 29,710 | 61% |
| 11 years or more | 11,600 | 24% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 5.75, 20.25 and holds 7.4% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 23,380 | 25,535 |
| 2013 | 29,880 | 36,428 |
| 2014 | 28,590 | 35,137 |
| 2015 | 30,740 | 39,592 |
| 2016 | 34,480 | 46,641 |
| 2017 | 27,760 | 32,814 |
| 2018 | 32,030 | 41,592 |
| 2019 | 28,850 | 35,592 |
| 2020 | 32,790 | 43,446 |
| 2021 | 28,770 | 34,965 |
| 2022 | 31,190 | 40,314 |
| 2023 | 27,140 | 32,115 |
| 2024 | 28,580 | 36,982 |
| 2025 | 26,080 | 31,313 |
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
- 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
- Kémo Prefecture123 km
- Basse-Kotto Prefecture123 km
- Nana-Grébizi Economic Prefecture156 km
- Ombella-M'Poko Prefecture247 km
- Bamingui-Bangoran Prefecture283 km
- Ouham Prefecture297 km