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Wildfires in North-West
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 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 77,580 km² of North-West at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 13,000 km², ranking 1st 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 2021, with 22,940 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 6,560 km². The 2021–2025 average is 18% 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 71% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 15 October 2021, with detections in 865 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 77,580 km² with at least one detection, 34% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 32,520 | 42% |
| 2 years | 18,580 | 24% |
| 3 to 5 years | 21,760 | 28% |
| 6 to 10 years | 4,680 | 6.0% |
| 11 years or more | 39 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -18.75, 21.25 and holds 5.8% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 14,930 | 15,404 |
| 2013 | 15,900 | 16,965 |
| 2014 | 9,400 | 9,215 |
| 2015 | 11,330 | 13,078 |
| 2016 | 10,420 | 11,758 |
| 2017 | 15,620 | 16,962 |
| 2018 | 14,060 | 15,930 |
| 2019 | 8,010 | 12,527 |
| 2020 | 9,190 | 9,404 |
| 2021 | 22,940 | 25,457 |
| 2022 | 14,950 | 16,288 |
| 2023 | 21,350 | 24,539 |
| 2024 | 6,560 | 7,791 |
| 2025 | 7,330 | 7,455 |
Other regions of Botswana
- Ghanzi6,290 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.
Nearby regions
- Kavango, Namibia105 km
- Otjozondjupa, Namibia122 km
- Omaheke, Namibia272 km
- Zambezi, Namibia286 km
- Oshikoto, Namibia372 km
- Ohangwena, Namibia385 km