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Wildfires in Ghanzi
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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Fire history, 2012–2025
Detected · VIIRS S-NPP 375 m · 0.01° cells (~1.1 km) · complete years 2012–2025 · built 2026-09-23
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 58,770 km² of Ghanzi at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 6,290 km², ranking 2nd of 15 regions of Botswana.
Year by year
Detected area per year, km². Area of 0.01° cells with at least one detection in the year.
The busiest year was 2023, with 21,930 km² detected; the quietest was 2016, with 502 km². The 2021–2025 average is 268% higher than the 2012–2016 average.
Through the year
Share of all fire-days 2012–2025 by month. A fire-day is one cell with a detection on one day.
August, September and October together hold 90% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 25 August 2023, with detections in 1,575 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 58,770 km² with at least one detection, 10% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 36,250 | 62% |
| 2 years | 16,890 | 29% |
| 3 to 5 years | 5,630 | 10% |
| 6 to 10 years | 9.1 | 0.0% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -22.75, 23.75 and holds 4.9% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5,640 | 5,674 |
| 2013 | 4,880 | 4,741 |
| 2014 | 2,280 | 2,119 |
| 2015 | 1,860 | 1,802 |
| 2016 | 502 | 489 |
| 2017 | 7,910 | 7,754 |
| 2018 | 1,230 | 1,206 |
| 2019 | 1,710 | 1,654 |
| 2020 | 6,210 | 5,933 |
| 2021 | 12,030 | 11,579 |
| 2022 | 14,880 | 15,134 |
| 2023 | 21,930 | 22,087 |
| 2024 | 4,440 | 4,434 |
| 2025 | 2,480 | 2,300 |
Other regions of Botswana
- North-West13,000 km² in an average year
- Kgalagadi5,220 km² in an average year
- Central2,720 km² in an average year
- Kweneng1,470 km² in an average year
- Southern1,120 km² in an average year
- Kgatleng119 km² in an average year
- How these figures are madeDetected area, cells, and the single-satellite record.
Detected area counts every 0.01° cell with at least one VIIRS detection, so a small fire counts as a whole cell and a fire missed by cloud or between passes is absent. Borders: Natural Earth 1:10m. 2012 begins on 20 January.