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Wildfires in Upper East
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 07:28 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 6,870 km² of Upper East at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 3,760 km², ranking 7th 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 2017, with 4,340 km² detected; the quietest was 2023, with 3,400 km². The 2021–2025 average is 6.6% 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.
November, December and January together hold 90% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 29 November 2013, with detections in 238 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 6,870 km² with at least one detection, 87% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 543 | 7.9% |
| 2 years | 344 | 5.0% |
| 3 to 5 years | 878 | 13% |
| 6 to 10 years | 3,530 | 51% |
| 11 years or more | 1,580 | 23% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 10.75, -1.25 and holds 44% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3,840 | 4,346 |
| 2013 | 3,940 | 4,731 |
| 2014 | 3,730 | 4,347 |
| 2015 | 3,670 | 4,210 |
| 2016 | 3,990 | 4,801 |
| 2017 | 4,340 | 5,435 |
| 2018 | 3,590 | 4,092 |
| 2019 | 3,810 | 4,512 |
| 2020 | 3,860 | 4,898 |
| 2021 | 3,860 | 4,835 |
| 2022 | 3,660 | 4,423 |
| 2023 | 3,400 | 4,006 |
| 2024 | 3,510 | 4,108 |
| 2025 | 3,470 | 4,243 |
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
- Nahouri, Burkina Faso55 km
- Zoundwéogo, Burkina Faso77 km
- Bazèga, Burkina Faso111 km
- Sissili, Burkina Faso122 km
- Boulgou, Burkina Faso122 km
- Upper West122 km