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Wildfires in Central River
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 11:26 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 2,830 km² of Central River at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 881 km², ranking 1st of 6 regions of The Gambia.
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 1,310 km² detected; the quietest was 2015, with 518 km². The 2021–2025 average is 20% 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.
February, March and April together hold 48% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 26 January 2018, with detections in 53 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 2,830 km² with at least one detection, 76% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 326 | 12% |
| 2 years | 362 | 13% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,250 | 44% |
| 6 to 10 years | 862 | 31% |
| 11 years or more | 22 | 0.8% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 13.75, -14.75 and holds 44% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 789 | 769 |
| 2013 | 977 | 968 |
| 2014 | 901 | 883 |
| 2015 | 518 | 485 |
| 2016 | 883 | 866 |
| 2017 | 965 | 956 |
| 2018 | 879 | 904 |
| 2019 | 665 | 654 |
| 2020 | 891 | 887 |
| 2021 | 829 | 816 |
| 2022 | 846 | 847 |
| 2023 | 1,310 | 1,435 |
| 2024 | 967 | 991 |
| 2025 | 912 | 938 |
Other regions of The Gambia
- Upper River659 km² in an average year
- Lower River592 km² in an average year
- West Coast548 km² in an average year
- North Bank315 km² in an average year
- Banjul15 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
- Kaffrine, Senegal55 km
- Upper River77 km
- Kaolack, Senegal108 km
- Lower River121 km
- Louga, Senegal123 km
- Kolda, Senegal155 km