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Wildfires in Ouham-Pendé Prefecture
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 11:24 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 32,080 km² of Ouham-Pendé Prefecture at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 20,190 km², ranking 8th 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 24,390 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 17,360 km². The 2021–2025 average is 8.9% 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 86% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 4 January 2018, with detections in 1,274 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 32,080 km² with at least one detection, 99% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 58 | 0.2% |
| 2 years | 182 | 0.6% |
| 3 to 5 years | 3,100 | 10% |
| 6 to 10 years | 19,860 | 62% |
| 11 years or more | 8,880 | 28% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 7.25, 15.75 and holds 11% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 17,360 | 21,048 |
| 2013 | 18,470 | 22,958 |
| 2014 | 20,500 | 26,308 |
| 2015 | 22,180 | 29,956 |
| 2016 | 24,390 | 36,150 |
| 2017 | 22,500 | 30,806 |
| 2018 | 23,330 | 33,838 |
| 2019 | 19,060 | 23,804 |
| 2020 | 21,170 | 28,936 |
| 2021 | 19,540 | 25,297 |
| 2022 | 18,870 | 24,329 |
| 2023 | 18,080 | 22,894 |
| 2024 | 19,680 | 25,476 |
| 2025 | 17,590 | 21,649 |
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
- Logone Oriental, Chad124 km
- Logone Occidental, Chad166 km
- Nana-Mambéré Prefecture175 km
- Ouham Prefecture227 km
- Mandoul, Chad246 km
- North, Cameroon246 km