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Wildfires in Ashanti
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 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 23,040 km² of Ashanti at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 8,960 km², ranking 4th of 10 regions of Ghana.
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 11,030 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 6,930 km². The 2021–2025 average is 10% 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.
January, February and March together hold 78% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 28 January 2013, with detections in 968 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 23,040 km² with at least one detection, 73% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,930 | 13% |
| 2 years | 3,190 | 14% |
| 3 to 5 years | 6,810 | 30% |
| 6 to 10 years | 7,800 | 34% |
| 11 years or more | 2,310 | 10% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 7.25, -0.75 and holds 23% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 7,150 | 7,708 |
| 2013 | 9,740 | 11,710 |
| 2014 | 8,330 | 9,217 |
| 2015 | 9,970 | 12,722 |
| 2016 | 11,030 | 14,514 |
| 2017 | 9,220 | 10,807 |
| 2018 | 8,490 | 10,398 |
| 2019 | 9,460 | 11,285 |
| 2020 | 10,650 | 14,117 |
| 2021 | 6,930 | 7,522 |
| 2022 | 8,670 | 11,033 |
| 2023 | 7,540 | 8,196 |
| 2024 | 10,660 | 14,674 |
| 2025 | 7,650 | 8,598 |
Other regions of Ghana
- Northern44,170 km² in an average year
- Brong-Ahafo19,690 km² in an average year
- Upper West11,680 km² in an average year
- Volta8,420 km² in an average year
- Eastern5,920 km² in an average year
- Upper East3,760 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
- Brong-Ahafo55 km
- Eastern78 km
- Volta156 km
- Northern175 km
- Greater Accra200 km
- Central222 km