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Wildfires in Kankan
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 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 17,020 km² of Kankan at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 12,060 km², ranking 1st 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 13,130 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 9,970 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 73% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 24 January 2016, with detections in 591 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 17,020 km² with at least one detection, 99% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 65 | 0.4% |
| 2 years | 98 | 0.6% |
| 3 to 5 years | 918 | 5.4% |
| 6 to 10 years | 7,890 | 46% |
| 11 years or more | 8,050 | 47% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 9.75, -9.25 and holds 19% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 9,970 | 12,128 |
| 2013 | 13,010 | 18,836 |
| 2014 | 12,840 | 17,902 |
| 2015 | 12,420 | 17,235 |
| 2016 | 12,600 | 17,165 |
| 2017 | 13,130 | 19,220 |
| 2018 | 11,250 | 14,040 |
| 2019 | 12,800 | 18,442 |
| 2020 | 12,700 | 18,067 |
| 2021 | 11,580 | 14,997 |
| 2022 | 11,800 | 15,617 |
| 2023 | 12,000 | 16,799 |
| 2024 | 12,350 | 17,997 |
| 2025 | 10,390 | 13,290 |
Other regions of Guinea
- 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
- Kissidougou Prefecture6,720 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
- Kissidougou Prefecture78 km
- Kérouané Prefecture78 km
- Macenta Prefecture111 km
- Mandiana Prefecture123 km
- Beyla Prefecture123 km
- Kouroussa Prefecture156 km