Wildfires in Laikipia
Laikipia, Kenya: 15 fires with a page have entered 4 of its 4 constituencies since 2016, burning 36,820 hectares inside the region. The largest was Laikipia East in January 2021, with 8,389 hectares inside the region. Fire danger today: very low (FWI 3).
Only fires of 1,000 ha or more get an entry: smaller ones are not in the lists or the totals on this page.
- hectares burned
- 36,820ha
- Since 2016
- Of the region
- 3.8%
- 9,749 km²
- fires
- 15
- Since 2016
- municipalities with fire
- 4
- of 4
- Largest fire
- 8,389ha
- Laikipia East · January 2021
- Inhabitants
- —
Fire danger, today and the coming days
FWI at the region centre, from the Open-Meteo forecast- Sun 1 Very low 24° · 42 % · 38 km/h
- Mon 2 Very low 25° · 41 % · 36 km/h
- Tue 3 Low 26° · 36 % · 34 km/h
- Wed 4 Moderate 28° · 26 % · 34 km/h
- Thu 5 Very low 25° · 49 % · 43 km/h
- Fri 6 Very low 24° · 51 % · 39 km/h
- Sat 7 Very low 25° · 53 % · 41 km/h
- Sun 8 Very low 24° · 58 % · 39 km/h
Click a perimeter to see which fire it is
The municipalities that burned most
- Laikipia East 19,704 ha · 6.1 %
- Kieni 8,870 ha · 4.9 %
- Laikipia West 4,461 ha · 3.2 %
- Laikipia North 3,785 ha · 0.8 %
Municipalities that burn again and again
Municipalities with two or more large fires (1,000 ha or more) since 2016.
- 7×Laikipia East19,704 ha
- 5×Kieni8,870 ha
- 2×Laikipia West4,461 ha
- 2×Laikipia North3,785 ha
Largest recorded fires
- 8,389 haLaikipia EastJanuary 2021 · 7 days
- 6,162 haLaikipia EastFebruary 2019 · 6 days
- 3,953 haKieni7 February 2023 · 12 days of 5,107 ha in total
- 3,712 haLaikipia NorthMarch 2021 · 3 days
- 3,433 haLaikipia WestFebruary 2025 · 5 days
- 2,384 haKieniJanuary 2017 · 8 days of 7,430 ha in total
- 1,928 haLaikipia EastFebruary 2021 · 1 day
- 1,642 haLaikipia EastJanuary 2019 · 2 days
Hectares inside the region; the fire may have burned more outside it.
Year by year
| Year | fires | hectares burned | Largest of the year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 4,461 | Laikipia West 3,433 ha |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,499 | Kieni 3,953 ha |
| 2021 | 4 | 15,200 | Laikipia East 8,389 ha |
| 2020 | 1 | 129 | Baringo South 129 ha |
| 2019 | 3 | 8,791 | Laikipia East 6,162 ha |
| 2017 | 2 | 2,741 | Kieni 2,384 ha |
All fires in Laikipia · 15
Newest first. The figure is the area inside the region; if the fire burned more outside, the total is shown.
- 1,027 haLaikipia WestMarch 2025 · 2 days
- 3,433 haLaikipia WestFebruary 2025 · 5 days
- 388 haNdaragwaFebruary 2023 · 3 days of 1,061 ha in total
- 3,953 haKieni7 February 2023 · 12 days of 5,107 ha in total
- 1,159 haKieni6 February 2023 · 9 days of 4,665 ha in total
- 3,712 haLaikipia NorthMarch 2021 · 3 days
- 1,172 haLaikipia EastMarch 2021 · 6 days
- 1,928 haLaikipia EastFebruary 2021 · 1 day
- 8,389 haLaikipia EastJanuary 2021 · 7 days
- 129 haBaringo SouthDecember 2020 · 2 days of 2,646 ha in total
- 987 haKieniMarch 2019 · 2 days
- 6,162 haLaikipia EastFebruary 2019 · 6 days
- 1,642 haLaikipia EastJanuary 2019 · 2 days
- 357 haBaringo SouthMarch 2017 · 16 days of 1,022 ha in total
- 2,384 haKieniJanuary 2017 · 8 days of 7,430 ha in total
Where this data comes from
Perimeters come from GWIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0), rebuilt from heat detections, and municipal boundaries from geoBoundaries/RCMRD GeoPortal, Africa GeoPortal (Public Domain). 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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