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Wildfires in Volta
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 17,350 km² of Volta at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 8,420 km², ranking 5th 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 2020, with 10,570 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 5,120 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of 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 82% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 23 January 2016, with detections in 510 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 17,350 km² with at least one detection, 87% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,080 | 6.2% |
| 2 years | 1,260 | 7.2% |
| 3 to 5 years | 4,190 | 24% |
| 6 to 10 years | 8,160 | 47% |
| 11 years or more | 2,670 | 15% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 8.25, 0.25 and holds 21% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5,120 | 5,340 |
| 2013 | 8,490 | 10,752 |
| 2014 | 8,180 | 10,296 |
| 2015 | 9,440 | 12,859 |
| 2016 | 9,000 | 10,884 |
| 2017 | 8,850 | 11,234 |
| 2018 | 9,040 | 11,579 |
| 2019 | 9,260 | 11,725 |
| 2020 | 10,570 | 14,428 |
| 2021 | 7,300 | 8,549 |
| 2022 | 8,750 | 11,606 |
| 2023 | 7,690 | 8,885 |
| 2024 | 9,230 | 12,364 |
| 2025 | 6,940 | 7,721 |
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
- 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
- Centre, Togo78 km
- Northern78 km
- Plateaux, Togo123 km
- Brong-Ahafo123 km
- Kara, Togo124 km
- Ashanti156 km