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Wildfires in Cuvette
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 09:19 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 22,480 km² of Cuvette at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 7,200 km², ranking 3rd of 12 regions of Republic of the Congo.
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 2024, with 9,340 km² detected; the quietest was 2014, with 5,350 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.
June, July and August together hold 56% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 31 July 2024, with detections in 586 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 22,480 km² with at least one detection, 75% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,820 | 13% |
| 2 years | 2,860 | 13% |
| 3 to 5 years | 9,390 | 42% |
| 6 to 10 years | 7,110 | 32% |
| 11 years or more | 304 | 1.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -0.75, 15.75 and holds 11% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 7,040 | 6,862 |
| 2013 | 8,290 | 8,782 |
| 2014 | 5,350 | 4,980 |
| 2015 | 8,350 | 8,945 |
| 2016 | 6,830 | 6,664 |
| 2017 | 6,660 | 6,578 |
| 2018 | 7,980 | 8,100 |
| 2019 | 6,910 | 6,854 |
| 2020 | 7,780 | 7,837 |
| 2021 | 6,540 | 6,342 |
| 2022 | 6,590 | 6,540 |
| 2023 | 5,840 | 5,486 |
| 2024 | 9,340 | 11,291 |
| 2025 | 7,290 | 7,271 |
Other regions of Republic of the Congo
- Plateaux15,580 km² in an average year
- Pool12,470 km² in an average year
- Bouenza4,980 km² in an average year
- Niari3,670 km² in an average year
- Brazzaville3,320 km² in an average year
- Likouala3,030 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.
Nearby regions
- Cuvette-Ouest111 km
- Plateaux166 km
- Haut-Ogooué, Gabon200 km
- Sangha229 km
- Likouala235 km
- Pool277 km