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Wildfires in Forécariah Prefecture
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 3,590 km² of Forécariah Prefecture at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,810 km², ranking 27th 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 2018, with 2,000 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 1,500 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.
February, March and April together hold 61% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 19 April 2018, with detections in 260 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 3,590 km² with at least one detection, 89% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 198 | 5.5% |
| 2 years | 181 | 5.0% |
| 3 to 5 years | 851 | 24% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,700 | 47% |
| 11 years or more | 656 | 18% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 9.75, -12.75 and holds 32% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,710 | 2,019 |
| 2013 | 1,940 | 2,541 |
| 2014 | 1,860 | 2,422 |
| 2015 | 1,900 | 2,398 |
| 2016 | 1,790 | 2,157 |
| 2017 | 1,790 | 2,253 |
| 2018 | 2,000 | 2,578 |
| 2019 | 1,900 | 2,447 |
| 2020 | 1,630 | 2,017 |
| 2021 | 1,770 | 2,174 |
| 2022 | 1,870 | 2,340 |
| 2023 | 1,820 | 2,236 |
| 2024 | 1,850 | 2,442 |
| 2025 | 1,500 | 1,716 |
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
- Coyah Prefecture54 km
- Kindia55 km
- Dubréka Prefecture78 km
- Pita Prefecture111 km
- Mamou Prefecture122 km
- Fria Prefecture122 km