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Wildfires in Sangha-Mbaéré
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 3,270 km² of Sangha-Mbaéré at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,110 km², ranking 16th 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 1,560 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 565 km². The 2021–2025 average is 40% higher 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.
January, February and March together hold 79% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 17 February 2021, with detections in 169 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 3,270 km² with at least one detection, 62% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 772 | 24% |
| 2 years | 455 | 14% |
| 3 to 5 years | 820 | 25% |
| 6 to 10 years | 955 | 29% |
| 11 years or more | 264 | 8.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 3.25, 16.25 and holds 33% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 565 | 704 |
| 2013 | 794 | 962 |
| 2014 | 844 | 1,034 |
| 2015 | 956 | 1,193 |
| 2016 | 1,320 | 1,838 |
| 2017 | 1,030 | 1,262 |
| 2018 | 1,020 | 1,241 |
| 2019 | 1,120 | 1,439 |
| 2020 | 1,560 | 2,262 |
| 2021 | 1,380 | 1,878 |
| 2022 | 999 | 1,234 |
| 2023 | 1,110 | 1,409 |
| 2024 | 1,390 | 2,037 |
| 2025 | 1,390 | 1,868 |
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
- Mambéré-Kadéï166 km
- Lobaye Prefecture200 km
- Sangha, Republic of the Congo222 km
- Ombella-M'Poko Prefecture277 km
- Nana-Mambéré Prefecture299 km
- Likouala, Republic of the Congo299 km