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Districts that have burned most often in Liberia

Districts of Liberia with at least one fire larger than 1,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 61. With two or more: 42. Top of the list is Voinjama, which has burned 91 times in 11 years, with 177,207 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1VoinjamaLofa91×11 years · 177,207 ha
  2. 2KolahunLofa85×10 years · 125,366 ha
  3. 3ZorzorLofa77×11 years · 126,836 ha
  4. 4Quardu BoundiLofa33×11 years · 47,806 ha
  5. 5FoyaLofa18×7 years · 13,810 ha
  6. 6YarmeinNimba15×8 years · 21,092 ha
  7. 7Gbehlay-GehNimba14×8 years · 14,266 ha
  8. 8JorquellehBong12×7 years · 13,291 ha
  9. 9Buu-YaoNimba10×5 years · 14,581 ha
  10. 10District #3Grand Bassa9×6 years · 10,655 ha
  11. 11SalayeaLofa8×7 years · 6,213 ha
  12. 12SanoyeahBong7×4 years · 7,249 ha
  13. 13Boe & QuillaNimba7×2 years · 6,786 ha
  14. 14TukpahbleeBong6×3 years · 8,334 ha
  15. 15YeallequellehBong6×3 years · 6,397 ha
  16. 16DoeNimba5×4 years · 8,790 ha
  17. 17Yarpea MahnNimba5×4 years · 8,425 ha
  18. 18GounwolailaGbarpolu5×2 years · 8,320 ha
  19. 19Grand Cess WedaboGrand Kru5×3 years · 6,976 ha
  20. 20Sanniquellie MahnNimba5×5 years · 6,205 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1VoinjamaLofa177,207 ha91× · 92 %
  2. 2ZorzorLofa126,836 ha77× · 40 %
  3. 3KolahunLofa125,366 ha85× · 56 %
  4. 4Quardu BoundiLofa47,806 ha33× · 1.4×
  5. 5YarmeinNimba21,092 ha15× · 38 %
  6. 6Buu-YaoNimba14,581 ha10× · 17 %
  7. 7Gbehlay-GehNimba14,266 ha14× · 25 %
  8. 8FoyaLofa13,810 ha18× · 22 %
  9. 9JorquellehBong13,291 ha12× · 10 %
  10. 10District #3Grand Bassa10,655 ha9× · 4.6 %
  11. 11DoeNimba8,790 ha5× · 6.8 %
  12. 12Yarpea MahnNimba8,425 ha5× · 22 %
  13. 13TukpahbleeBong8,334 ha6× · 22 %
  14. 14GounwolailaGbarpolu8,320 ha5× · 11 %
  15. 15SanoyeahBong7,249 ha7× · 6.5 %
  16. 16Grand Cess WedaboGrand Kru6,976 ha5× · 16 %
  17. 17Boe & QuillaNimba6,786 ha7× · 8.1 %
  18. 18YeallequellehBong6,397 ha6× · 6.5 %
  19. 19SalayeaLofa6,213 ha8× · 4.9 %
  20. 20Sanniquellie MahnNimba6,205 ha5× · 13 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1Quardu BoundiLofa1.4×47,806 ha · 337 km²
  2. 2VoinjamaLofa92 %177,207 ha · 1,924 km²
  3. 3KolahunLofa56 %125,366 ha · 2,253 km²
  4. 4ZorzorLofa40 %126,836 ha · 3,146 km²
  5. 5YarmeinNimba38 %21,092 ha · 550 km²
  6. 6Gbehlay-GehNimba25 %14,266 ha · 567 km²
  7. 7TukpahbleeBong22 %8,334 ha · 372 km²
  8. 8FoyaLofa22 %13,810 ha · 620 km²
  9. 9Yarpea MahnNimba22 %8,425 ha · 382 km²
  10. 10KparbleeNimba20 %5,805 ha · 292 km²
  11. 11Buu-YaoNimba17 %14,581 ha · 849 km²
  12. 12Grand Cess WedaboGrand Kru16 %6,976 ha · 423 km²
  13. 13Sanniquellie MahnNimba13 %6,205 ha · 487 km²
  14. 14GounwolailaGbarpolu11 %8,320 ha · 724 km²
  15. 15BoinsenBong10 %2,839 ha · 272 km²
  16. 16BokomuGbarpolu10 %6,142 ha · 594 km²
  17. 17JorquellehBong10 %13,291 ha · 1,311 km²
  18. 18GborNimba9.1 %1,215 ha · 133 km²
  19. 19Boe & QuillaNimba8.1 %6,786 ha · 839 km²
  20. 20Zoe-GbaoNimba7.5 %2,852 ha · 382 km²

How it is calculated

We count fires larger than 1,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016 that reached each municipality, even partly. Hectares are those burned inside the municipality and are added fire by fire, so land that burned twice counts twice; that is why the share, given only for municipalities of 10 km² or more, can exceed 100 % (it is then shown as a multiple). It describes what happened: it does not measure risk or say anything about causes.