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Wildfires in Lofa
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 08:29 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 6,720 km² of Lofa at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 3,720 km², ranking 3rd of 15 regions of Liberia.
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 2015, with 4,700 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 3,100 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 96% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 14 March 2012, with detections in 754 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 6,720 km² with at least one detection, 89% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 425 | 6.3% |
| 2 years | 323 | 4.8% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,010 | 15% |
| 6 to 10 years | 3,330 | 50% |
| 11 years or more | 1,630 | 24% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 8.25, -9.75 and holds 37% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3,860 | 5,840 |
| 2013 | 3,130 | 3,928 |
| 2014 | 3,880 | 6,112 |
| 2015 | 4,700 | 7,714 |
| 2016 | 3,450 | 4,576 |
| 2017 | 3,640 | 4,836 |
| 2018 | 3,130 | 3,798 |
| 2019 | 4,250 | 6,601 |
| 2020 | 3,790 | 5,204 |
| 2021 | 3,100 | 3,571 |
| 2022 | 3,680 | 4,842 |
| 2023 | 3,740 | 5,022 |
| 2024 | 4,050 | 5,758 |
| 2025 | 3,670 | 4,850 |
Other regions of Liberia
- Nimba4,390 km² in an average year
- Bong4,130 km² in an average year
- Grand Bassa2,800 km² in an average year
- Gbarpolu1,330 km² in an average year
- River Cess1,170 km² in an average year
- Grand Cape Mount1,030 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.