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Wildfires in Niari
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 15:22 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 12,730 km² of Niari at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 3,670 km², ranking 5th 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 2016, with 4,250 km² detected; the quietest was 2017, with 3,170 km². The 2021–2025 average is 6.4% lower 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.
July, August and September together hold 75% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 1 October 2014, with detections in 432 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 12,730 km² with at least one detection, 66% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,290 | 18% |
| 2 years | 2,060 | 16% |
| 3 to 5 years | 4,940 | 39% |
| 6 to 10 years | 3,290 | 26% |
| 11 years or more | 159 | 1.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -4.25, 12.75 and holds 21% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3,770 | 3,618 |
| 2013 | 4,190 | 4,134 |
| 2014 | 3,830 | 3,734 |
| 2015 | 3,210 | 3,142 |
| 2016 | 4,250 | 4,244 |
| 2017 | 3,170 | 3,052 |
| 2018 | 3,870 | 3,844 |
| 2019 | 3,690 | 3,573 |
| 2020 | 3,400 | 3,177 |
| 2021 | 3,280 | 3,209 |
| 2022 | 3,210 | 3,083 |
| 2023 | 3,710 | 3,581 |
| 2024 | 3,650 | 3,588 |
| 2025 | 4,170 | 4,091 |
Other regions of Republic of the Congo
- Plateaux15,580 km² in an average year
- Pool12,470 km² in an average year
- Cuvette7,200 km² in an average year
- Bouenza4,980 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
- Kouilou78 km
- Lékoumou78 km
- Bouenza110 km
- Cabinda, Angola124 km
- Nyanga, Gabon157 km
- Zaire, Angola277 km