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Wildfires in Matam
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 13,370 km² of Matam at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 2,240 km², ranking 5th of 14 regions of Senegal.
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 2023, with 4,740 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 545 km². The 2021–2025 average is 153% 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 80% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 3 November 2022, with detections in 413 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 13,370 km² with at least one detection, 36% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 5,250 | 39% |
| 2 years | 3,300 | 25% |
| 3 to 5 years | 4,220 | 32% |
| 6 to 10 years | 610 | 4.6% |
| 11 years or more | 1.2 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 14.75, -13.25 and holds 21% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,280 | 2,032 |
| 2013 | 1,830 | 1,641 |
| 2014 | 668 | 609 |
| 2015 | 893 | 792 |
| 2016 | 1,570 | 1,381 |
| 2017 | 1,670 | 1,491 |
| 2018 | 545 | 472 |
| 2019 | 1,070 | 1,004 |
| 2020 | 2,480 | 2,281 |
| 2021 | 2,800 | 2,592 |
| 2022 | 4,340 | 4,175 |
| 2023 | 4,740 | 4,434 |
| 2024 | 3,270 | 2,934 |
| 2025 | 3,150 | 2,872 |
Other regions of Senegal
- Tambacounda16,400 km² in an average year
- Kédougou11,210 km² in an average year
- Kolda6,810 km² in an average year
- Sédhiou3,360 km² in an average year
- Ziguinchor2,000 km² in an average year
- Kaffrine1,360 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
- Guidimaka, Mauritania107 km
- Tambacounda111 km
- Kaffrine170 km
- Central River, The Gambia196 km
- Upper River, The Gambia198 km
- Louga215 km