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Wildfires in Upper River
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 08:29 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 1,950 km² of Upper River at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 659 km², ranking 2nd 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 1,050 km² detected; the quietest was 2015, with 317 km². The 2021–2025 average is 47% 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 52% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 6 February 2017, with detections in 38 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,950 km² with at least one detection, 78% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 189 | 10% |
| 2 years | 238 | 12% |
| 3 to 5 years | 813 | 42% |
| 6 to 10 years | 694 | 36% |
| 11 years or more | 20 | 1.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 13.25, -14.25 and holds 70% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 545 | 516 |
| 2013 | 623 | 623 |
| 2014 | 542 | 537 |
| 2015 | 317 | 310 |
| 2016 | 762 | 733 |
| 2017 | 573 | 570 |
| 2018 | 479 | 492 |
| 2019 | 533 | 543 |
| 2020 | 752 | 776 |
| 2021 | 767 | 795 |
| 2022 | 803 | 828 |
| 2023 | 1,050 | 1,148 |
| 2024 | 893 | 917 |
| 2025 | 588 | 630 |
Other regions of The Gambia
- Central River881 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
- Central River77 km
- Kolda, Senegal77 km
- Tambacounda, Senegal121 km
- Kaffrine, Senegal123 km
- Oio, Guinea-Bissau155 km
- Koundara Prefecture, Guinea155 km