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Wildfires in Mion

Mion, Ghana, has had 66 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 158,157 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 58% of its area. Fire danger today: moderate (FWI 13).

Only fires of 2,000 ha or more get an entry: smaller ones are not in the lists or the totals on this page.

Fire danger, today and the coming days

FWI computed from the Open-Meteo forecast
  1. Sat 24 Moderate 35° · 39 % · 22 km/h
  2. Sun 25 Moderate 35° · 34 % · 16 km/h
  3. Mon 26 Moderate 34° · 44 % · 27 km/h
  4. Tue 27 Moderate 33° · 50 % · 26 km/h
  5. Wed 28 Low 33° · 52 % · 35 km/h
  6. Thu 29 Low 33° · 53 % · 25 km/h
  7. Fri 30 Moderate 34° · 48 % · 27 km/h
  8. Sat 31 Low 34° · 58 % · 27 km/h

Canadian Fire Weather Index, the same system Copernicus uses, computed by WorldFires from the weather forecast and two months of past weather for fuel state. It is an estimate per municipality, not an official warning: warnings are issued by each country’s emergency service.

The municipality and its fires

Since 2016

158,157
hectares burned
58 %
of its area
66
fires
2,731
km²

How many times has Mion burned?

Mion has burned 66 times since 2016, in 11 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Gushegu fire, February 2026, with 56 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 4× 16
  2. 4× 17
  3. 3× 18
  4. 10× 19
  5. 7× 20
  6. 2× 21
  7. 9× 22
  8. 4× 23
  9. 5× 24
  10. 2× 25
  11. 16× 26
66
fires
11
years with fire
158,157
cumulative ha
7 Feb 2026
most recent

Fires larger than 2,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016 that reached the municipality, even partly. Cumulative hectares add up every fire; the distinct area counts land that burned several times only once. Perimeters and boundaries overlaid by WorldFires.

Where it has burned most often in Ghana →

Fires that entered Mion

  1. 56 ha Gushegu fire, February 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 2,479 ha in total · 3 days
  2. 3,832 ha Mion fire, February 2026 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 3,808 ha in total · 6 days
  3. 50 ha Yendi fire, 24 January 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 2,160 ha in total · 4 days
  4. 3,175 ha Mion fire, 23 January 2026 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 3,314 ha in total · 9 days
  5. 484 ha Gushegu fire, 23 January 2026 0.2% of the municipality · 2,771 ha in total · 6 days
  6. 2,663 ha Mion fire, 22 January 2026 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 2,684 ha in total · 9 days
  7. 401 ha Mion fire, 20 January 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,784 ha in total · 7 days
  8. 6,837 ha Mion fire, 19 January 2026 where it started 2.5% of the municipality · 6,795 ha in total · 10 days
  9. 2,052 ha Mion fire, 19 January 2026 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,038 ha in total · 9 days
  10. 31 ha North East Gonja fire, 15 January 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 4,935 ha in total · 16 days
  11. 189 ha Mion fire, 12 January 2026 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 4,420 ha in total · 7 days
  12. 1,813 ha Mion fire, 10 January 2026 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 2,947 ha in total · 8 days
  13. 31,401 ha North East Gonja fire, 8 January 2026 12% of the municipality · 80,705 ha in total · 33 days
  14. 2,182 ha Mion fire, 8 January 2026 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,169 ha in total · 4 days
  15. 104 ha Gushegu fire, 7 January 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 28,439 ha in total · 23 days
  16. 3,512 ha Mion fire, 3 January 2026 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 3,588 ha in total · 5 days
  17. 2,414 ha Mion fire, February 2025 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 2,399 ha in total · 2 days
  18. 2,609 ha Mion fire, January 2025 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 2,593 ha in total · 2 days
  19. 2,233 ha Mion fire, December 2024 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,220 ha in total · 7 days
  20. 3,000 ha Mion fire, February 2024 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 2,983 ha in total · 5 days
  21. 2,613 ha Mion fire, 23 January 2024 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 2,788 ha in total · 4 days
  22. 1,647 ha Mion fire, 19 January 2024 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,940 ha in total · 5 days
  23. 597 ha Gushegu fire, 10 January 2024 0.2% of the municipality · 2,152 ha in total · 10 days
  24. 2,293 ha Mion fire, 26 January 2023 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,278 ha in total · 4 days
  25. 2,186 ha Mion fire, 22 January 2023 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,172 ha in total · 2 days
  26. 3,111 ha Mion fire, 16 January 2023 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 3,570 ha in total · 3 days
  27. 2,257 ha Mion fire, 3 January 2023 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,298 ha in total · 4 days
  28. 2,035 ha Mion fire, 7 February 2022 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 2,022 ha in total · 6 days
  29. 328 ha Gushegu fire, February 2022 0.1% of the municipality · 2,025 ha in total · 3 days
  30. 2,673 ha Mion fire, 1 February 2022 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 2,881 ha in total · 3 days
  31. 2,078 ha Gushegu fire, 29 January 2022 0.8% of the municipality · 4,443 ha in total · 5 days
  32. 2,397 ha Mion fire, 26 January 2022 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 2,384 ha in total · 7 days
  33. 2,110 ha Mion fire, 24 January 2022 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,097 ha in total · 4 days
  34. 869 ha Gushegu fire, 17 January 2022 0.3% of the municipality · 2,156 ha in total · 2 days
  35. 112 ha Tamale fire, 14 January 2022 0.0% of the municipality · 2,401 ha in total · 7 days
  36. 3,205 ha Mion fire, 7 January 2022 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 3,186 ha in total · 7 days
  37. 3,268 ha Mion fire, December 2021 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 3,247 ha in total · 8 days
  38. 12 ha Karaga fire, 6 January 2021 0.0% of the municipality · 3,053 ha in total · 5 days
  39. 2,544 ha Mion fire, 26 February 2020 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 2,803 ha in total · 2 days
  40. 57 ha Gushegu fire, February 2020 0.0% of the municipality · 4,138 ha in total · 2 days
  41. 2,478 ha Mion fire, 1 February 2020 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 2,463 ha in total · 5 days
  42. 639 ha Yendi fire, January 2020 0.2% of the municipality · 4,188 ha in total · 5 days
  43. 3,473 ha Mion fire, January 2020 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 3,476 ha in total · 6 days
  44. 132 ha Gushegu fire, 17 January 2020 0.0% of the municipality · 2,099 ha in total · 1 day
  45. 391 ha Karaga fire, 15 January 2020 0.1% of the municipality · 2,420 ha in total · 4 days
  46. 2,471 ha Mion fire, 9 February 2019 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 2,737 ha in total · 4 days
  47. 885 ha Mion fire, 6 February 2019 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 2,179 ha in total · 2 days
  48. 2,093 ha Mion fire, 29 January 2019 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,080 ha in total · 2 days
  49. 873 ha Saboba fire, 26 January 2019 0.3% of the municipality · 9,919 ha in total · 6 days
  50. 6 ha Yendi fire, 23 January 2019 0.0% of the municipality · 2,490 ha in total · 2 days
  51. 3,813 ha Mion fire, 22 January 2019 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 3,866 ha in total · 3 days
  52. 2,670 ha Mion fire, 21 January 2019 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 2,652 ha in total · 4 days
  53. 3,022 ha Mion fire, 21 January 2019 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 3,101 ha in total · 3 days
  54. 1,541 ha Mion fire, 16 January 2019 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,753 ha in total · 2 days
  55. 2,870 ha Mion fire, 3 January 2019 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 2,853 ha in total · 2 days
  56. 4,452 ha Mion fire, December 2018 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 4,702 ha in total · 7 days
  57. 2,235 ha Mion fire, 20 January 2018 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,220 ha in total · 5 days
  58. 2,282 ha Mion fire, 4 January 2018 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,268 ha in total · 10 days
  59. 94 ha Nanton fire, December 2017 0.0% of the municipality · 4,766 ha in total · 14 days
  60. 2,017 ha Mion fire, December 2017 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 2,005 ha in total · 4 days
  61. 2,931 ha Yendi fire, 30 January 2017 1.1% of the municipality · 3,564 ha in total · 4 days
  62. 4,188 ha Mion fire, January 2017 where it started 1.5% of the municipality · 8,269 ha in total · 3 days
  63. 2,030 ha Nanumba North fire, 23 December 2016 0.7% of the municipality · 2,159 ha in total · 6 days
  64. 2,600 ha Mion fire, February 2016 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 2,583 ha in total · 3 days
  65. 238 ha Gushegu fire, February 2016 0.1% of the municipality · 2,358 ha in total · 5 days
  66. 2,305 ha Mion fire, January 2016 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,396 ha in total · 2 days

Where this data comes from

Perimeters come from GWIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0), rebuilt from heat detections, and municipal boundaries from geoBoundaries/USAID Ghana HPNO, Ghana Statistical Service (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)). The area per municipality is computed by WorldFires by crossing both. The forecast is from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

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