Wildfires in West Pokot
West Pokot, Kenya: one fire with a page has entered 1 of its 4 constituencies since 2016, burning 432 hectares inside the region. The largest was Loima in 30 January 2021, with 432 hectares inside the region. Fire danger today: moderate (FWI 18).
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
- 432ha
- Since 2016
- Of the region
- 0.0%
- 9,172 km²
- fires
- 1
- Since 2016
- municipalities with fire
- 1
- of 4
- Largest fire
- 432ha
- Loima · 30 January 2021
- Inhabitants
- —
Fire danger, today and the coming days
FWI at the region centre, from the Open-Meteo forecast- Mon 9 Moderate 28° · 44 % · 44 km/h
- Tue 10 Moderate 26° · 52 % · 42 km/h
- Wed 11 Very low 25° · 54 % · 36 km/h
- Thu 12 Very low 24° · 63 % · 35 km/h
- Fri 13 Very low 23° · 73 % · 34 km/h
- Sat 14 Very low 23° · 69 % · 38 km/h
- Sun 15 Very low 23° · 66 % · 38 km/h
- Mon 16 Very low 24° · 66 % · 47 km/h
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The municipalities that burned most
- Kacheliba 432 ha · 0.1 %
Largest recorded fires
Hectares inside the region; the fire may have burned more outside it.
Year by year
| Year | fires | hectares burned | Largest of the year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 432 | Loima 432 ha |
All fires in West Pokot · 1
Newest first. The figure is the area inside the region; if the fire burned more outside, the total is shown.
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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