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Wildfires in Gaoual Prefecture
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 17:25 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 10,860 km² of Gaoual Prefecture at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 6,580 km², ranking 8th 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 2016, with 7,200 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 5,320 km². The 2021–2025 average is 5.7% 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 63% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 1 May 2014, with detections in 501 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 10,860 km² with at least one detection, 99% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 23 | 0.2% |
| 2 years | 58 | 0.5% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,040 | 10% |
| 6 to 10 years | 7,530 | 69% |
| 11 years or more | 2,220 | 20% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 11.75, -13.25 and holds 31% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5,990 | 6,889 |
| 2013 | 6,870 | 8,458 |
| 2014 | 6,860 | 8,546 |
| 2015 | 6,530 | 7,752 |
| 2016 | 7,200 | 9,204 |
| 2017 | 6,930 | 8,750 |
| 2018 | 6,920 | 8,560 |
| 2019 | 7,010 | 8,609 |
| 2020 | 6,350 | 7,544 |
| 2021 | 6,500 | 7,792 |
| 2022 | 6,270 | 7,402 |
| 2023 | 6,450 | 7,968 |
| 2024 | 7,000 | 9,019 |
| 2025 | 5,320 | 5,976 |
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
- Koundara Prefecture55 km
- Lélouma Prefecture77 km
- Gabú, Guinea-Bissau108 km
- Télimélé Prefecture111 km
- Boké122 km
- Labé Prefecture122 km