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Wildfires in Dabola Prefecture
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 6,230 km² of Dabola Prefecture at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 4,020 km², ranking 17th of 34 regions of Guinea.
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 4,550 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 3,030 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 56% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 11 April 2019, with detections in 238 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 6,230 km² with at least one detection, 99% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 33 | 0.5% |
| 2 years | 41 | 0.7% |
| 3 to 5 years | 533 | 8.6% |
| 6 to 10 years | 3,730 | 60% |
| 11 years or more | 1,890 | 30% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 10.75, -11.25 and holds 44% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3,350 | 3,789 |
| 2013 | 4,330 | 5,911 |
| 2014 | 4,460 | 6,108 |
| 2015 | 3,800 | 4,578 |
| 2016 | 4,240 | 5,540 |
| 2017 | 4,550 | 6,208 |
| 2018 | 3,730 | 4,634 |
| 2019 | 4,210 | 5,512 |
| 2020 | 4,260 | 5,560 |
| 2021 | 3,870 | 4,791 |
| 2022 | 4,050 | 5,230 |
| 2023 | 4,300 | 5,985 |
| 2024 | 4,150 | 5,455 |
| 2025 | 3,030 | 3,419 |
Other regions of Guinea
- Kankan12,060 km² in an average year
- Kouroussa Prefecture10,840 km² in an average year
- Faranah10,310 km² in an average year
- Siguiri Prefecture10,040 km² in an average year
- Beyla Prefecture8,900 km² in an average year
- Dinguiraye Prefecture7,960 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
- Faranah77 km
- Mamou Prefecture77 km
- Kouroussa Prefecture109 km
- Dalaba Prefecture109 km
- Tougué Prefecture111 km
- Labé Prefecture122 km