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Wildfires in Kayes
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 102,350 km² of Kayes at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 49,050 km², ranking 1st of 9 regions of Mali.
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 2025, with 55,370 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 40,260 km². The 2021–2025 average is 13% higher 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.
October, November and December together hold 63% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 3 November 2025, with detections in 2,576 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 102,350 km² with at least one detection, 86% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 8,020 | 7.8% |
| 2 years | 5,950 | 5.8% |
| 3 to 5 years | 20,600 | 20% |
| 6 to 10 years | 56,610 | 55% |
| 11 years or more | 11,170 | 11% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 12.75, -10.75 and holds 4.4% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 40,260 | 42,086 |
| 2013 | 48,850 | 54,733 |
| 2014 | 46,820 | 52,996 |
| 2015 | 43,580 | 46,046 |
| 2016 | 52,040 | 59,534 |
| 2017 | 51,200 | 59,305 |
| 2018 | 41,790 | 44,735 |
| 2019 | 48,240 | 55,170 |
| 2020 | 52,820 | 61,330 |
| 2021 | 49,430 | 56,888 |
| 2022 | 52,420 | 60,167 |
| 2023 | 54,650 | 64,863 |
| 2024 | 49,280 | 56,234 |
| 2025 | 55,370 | 63,786 |
Other regions of Mali
- Koulikoro19,430 km² in an average year
- Wassoulou18,660 km² in an average year
- Mopti5,870 km² in an average year
- Ségou3,460 km² in an average year
- Gao1,590 km² in an average year
- Tombouctou791 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.