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RegionsBurkina Faso

Oubritenga

Next 7 daysLow7%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
late November – late February
Record year
2004172
Trend
−38%/ 10significant · on raw data: +73%

Fire clock

Ring = year, slice = week. Click a ring to focus that year.

Total detections per year
YearTotal
200192
200249
2003132
2004172
200580
2006101
200779
200880
2009118
2010123
201183
201273
201360
201458
201538
201672
201793
201898
201954
202043
2021114
202268
202335
202421
202513
202619

Next 7 days

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Full risk view

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Expected detections: ~0.3

  • An active part of the fire season↑
  • No rain expected in the coming days↑
  • No fires in recent days↓
Sat36°
Sun36°
Mon37°
Tue37°
Wed38°
Thu38°
Fri38°

Right now

late October

This week0.0

This week is more active than 24% of past years at this time

Year to date19
#24 of 26 yearsNormal: 50

Season

early December – mid April

Onset
early December
Peak
early February
End
mid April

Critical windows

  • late November – late February

    64% of annual activity

The normal year vs 2026

Bands show the 25-year range; the white line is this year so far.

25-year history

The raw record jumps in 2012 when VIIRS arrives; the harmonized record does not.

Harmonized: −38%/10Raw: +73%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

6

  • 2003

    132

    peak 2.9× stronger than normal

    season ended 6 weeks early

  • 2004

    172

    peak 4.2× stronger than normal

    season ended 6 weeks early

  • 2023

    35

    season ended 8 weeks early

  • 2024

    21

    only 0.3× the normal annual activity

    season began 6 weeks late

  • 2025

    13

    only 0.2× the normal annual activity

  • 2026

    19

    only 0.2× the normal annual activity

    season ended 11 weeks late

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One fire history for the Land of Fire.

Built for the NASA Space Apps Challenge 2026.

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Data sources

NASA FIRMS, NASA POWER, Open-Meteo, OpenStreetMap, geoBoundaries, OpenFreeMap

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