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Wildfires in Central
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 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 8,560 km² of Central at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 2,470 km², ranking 9th 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 3,270 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 1,390 km². The 2021–2025 average is 35% 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.
March, April and May together hold 79% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 16 April 2014, with detections in 319 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 8,560 km² with at least one detection, 67% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,290 | 15% |
| 2 years | 1,510 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 3,660 | 43% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,940 | 23% |
| 11 years or more | 167 | 1.9% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 5.25, -0.75 and holds 29% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,890 | 3,080 |
| 2013 | 3,240 | 3,703 |
| 2014 | 2,540 | 2,582 |
| 2015 | 2,920 | 3,164 |
| 2016 | 3,270 | 3,567 |
| 2017 | 2,370 | 2,402 |
| 2018 | 2,470 | 2,646 |
| 2019 | 2,150 | 2,186 |
| 2020 | 3,000 | 3,375 |
| 2021 | 2,010 | 2,160 |
| 2022 | 1,390 | 1,281 |
| 2023 | 2,100 | 2,151 |
| 2024 | 2,310 | 2,350 |
| 2025 | 1,870 | 1,864 |
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
- Ashanti8,960 km² in an average year
- Volta8,420 km² in an average year
- Eastern5,920 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
- Greater Accra123 km
- Western175 km
- Eastern175 km
- Ashanti222 km
- Maritime, Togo277 km
- Brong-Ahafo277 km