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Wildfires in South-East
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 09:22 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 373 km² of South-East at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 43 km², ranking 9th 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 183 km² detected; the quietest was 2014, with 5.6 km². The 2021–2025 average is 138% 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 65% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 21 September 2022, with detections in 28 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 373 km² with at least one detection, 17% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 239 | 64% |
| 2 years | 71 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 years | 57 | 15% |
| 6 to 10 years | 5.6 | 1.5% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -25.25, 25.75 and holds 78% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 72 | 77 |
| 2013 | 6.7 | 6 |
| 2014 | 5.6 | 6 |
| 2015 | 73 | 86 |
| 2016 | 5.6 | 5 |
| 2017 | 14 | 12 |
| 2018 | 22 | 22 |
| 2019 | 10 | 11 |
| 2020 | 10 | 10 |
| 2021 | 58 | 58 |
| 2022 | 103 | 129 |
| 2023 | 183 | 211 |
| 2024 | 37 | 40 |
| 2025 | 5.6 | 5 |
Other regions of Botswana
- North-West13,000 km² in an average year
- 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
- 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.