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RegionsBurkina Faso

Sourou

Next 7 daysVery high67%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
mid October – early January
Record year
20252,042
Trend
+7%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +105%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
20011690
2002952
20031276
20041538
20051395
2006955
20071200
20081483
20091091
20101298
20111132
20121159
20131617
20141407
20151343
20161245
20171287
2018907
20191352
2020951
20211460
20221126
20232015
20241506
20252042
2026954

Next 7 days

Very high

Full risk view

0%

Very high

Expected detections: ~196.3

  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • An active part of the fire season↑
  • No rain expected in the coming days↑
Sat35°
Sun36°
Mon37°
Tue38°
Wed38°
Thu40°
Fri40°

Right now

late October

This week141

This week is more active than 84% of past years at this time

Year to date954
#2 of 26 yearsNormal: 539

Season

mid October – early March

Onset
mid October
Peak
early November
End
early March

Critical windows

  • mid October – early January

    74% 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: +7%/10Raw: +105%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

6

  • 2002

    952

    season ended 8 weeks late

  • 2012

    1,159

    season ended 6 weeks early

  • 2018

    907

    season ended 6 weeks late

  • 2023

    2,015

    1.6× the normal annual activity

    peak 2.0× stronger than normal

  • 2025

    2,042

    1.6× the normal annual activity

    peak 2.4× stronger than normal

  • 2026

    954

    season ended 11 weeks late

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ODLAR

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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