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Wildfires in Koundara 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 5,450 km² of Koundara Prefecture at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 3,120 km², ranking 18th 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 2014, with 3,500 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 2,600 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.
January, February and March together hold 66% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 28 January 2015, with detections in 142 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 5,450 km² with at least one detection, 97% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 51 | 0.9% |
| 2 years | 88 | 1.6% |
| 3 to 5 years | 805 | 15% |
| 6 to 10 years | 3,560 | 65% |
| 11 years or more | 950 | 17% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 12.25, -13.25 and holds 46% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,600 | 2,779 |
| 2013 | 3,170 | 3,673 |
| 2014 | 3,500 | 4,207 |
| 2015 | 2,970 | 3,304 |
| 2016 | 3,200 | 3,697 |
| 2017 | 3,220 | 3,817 |
| 2018 | 2,990 | 3,357 |
| 2019 | 3,160 | 3,625 |
| 2020 | 3,280 | 3,859 |
| 2021 | 3,050 | 3,500 |
| 2022 | 3,170 | 3,673 |
| 2023 | 3,150 | 3,618 |
| 2024 | 3,290 | 3,877 |
| 2025 | 2,960 | 3,375 |
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
- Gaoual Prefecture55 km
- Kolda, Senegal77 km
- Kédougou, Senegal121 km
- Gabú, Guinea-Bissau122 km
- Lélouma Prefecture123 km
- Upper River, The Gambia155 km