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Wildfires in Kouroussa 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 15,760 km² of Kouroussa Prefecture at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 10,840 km², ranking 2nd 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 12,080 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 8,600 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.
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 433 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 15,760 km² with at least one detection, 99% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 57 | 0.4% |
| 2 years | 77 | 0.5% |
| 3 to 5 years | 836 | 5.3% |
| 6 to 10 years | 8,450 | 54% |
| 11 years or more | 6,350 | 40% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 10.75, -10.25 and holds 19% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 8,600 | 9,813 |
| 2013 | 11,410 | 15,585 |
| 2014 | 12,080 | 17,199 |
| 2015 | 9,980 | 12,578 |
| 2016 | 11,230 | 14,901 |
| 2017 | 11,830 | 16,985 |
| 2018 | 10,160 | 12,665 |
| 2019 | 11,410 | 15,676 |
| 2020 | 11,760 | 16,354 |
| 2021 | 10,480 | 13,234 |
| 2022 | 10,970 | 14,348 |
| 2023 | 11,250 | 15,587 |
| 2024 | 11,170 | 15,377 |
| 2025 | 9,490 | 11,721 |
Other regions of Guinea
- Kankan12,060 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
- Faranah77 km
- Dabola Prefecture109 km
- Siguiri Prefecture123 km
- Dinguiraye Prefecture123 km
- Tougué Prefecture155 km
- Kankan156 km