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Wildfires in Lower River
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 09:22 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 1,280 km² of Lower River at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 592 km², ranking 3rd 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 706 km² detected; the quietest was 2015, with 409 km². The 2021–2025 average is 25% 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.
January, February and March together hold 65% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 12 February 2022, with detections in 97 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,280 km² with at least one detection, 90% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 70 | 5.5% |
| 2 years | 63 | 4.9% |
| 3 to 5 years | 301 | 24% |
| 6 to 10 years | 769 | 60% |
| 11 years or more | 72 | 5.7% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 13.25, -15.75 and holds 57% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 414 | 418 |
| 2013 | 559 | 533 |
| 2014 | 632 | 666 |
| 2015 | 409 | 403 |
| 2016 | 636 | 628 |
| 2017 | 623 | 719 |
| 2018 | 662 | 733 |
| 2019 | 459 | 479 |
| 2020 | 591 | 592 |
| 2021 | 661 | 676 |
| 2022 | 657 | 701 |
| 2023 | 706 | 766 |
| 2024 | 598 | 607 |
| 2025 | 687 | 745 |
Other regions of The Gambia
- Central River881 km² in an average year
- Upper River659 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
- West Coast54 km
- North Bank54 km
- Sédhiou, Senegal55 km
- Kaolack, Senegal55 km
- Fatick, Senegal77 km
- Ziguinchor, Senegal77 km