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Wildfires in Maniema
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 12:28 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 68,750 km² of Maniema at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 36,370 km², ranking 7th of 11 regions of Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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 2018, with 40,190 km² detected; the quietest was 2017, with 30,190 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of 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.
June, July and August together hold 69% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 26 July 2021, with detections in 2,338 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 68,750 km² with at least one detection, 86% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 5,430 | 7.9% |
| 2 years | 4,340 | 6.3% |
| 3 to 5 years | 13,010 | 19% |
| 6 to 10 years | 28,470 | 41% |
| 11 years or more | 17,500 | 25% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -4.25, 26.75 and holds 7.3% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 31,500 | 37,269 |
| 2013 | 38,830 | 51,932 |
| 2014 | 33,280 | 41,532 |
| 2015 | 37,280 | 49,766 |
| 2016 | 39,130 | 54,498 |
| 2017 | 30,190 | 35,434 |
| 2018 | 40,190 | 57,761 |
| 2019 | 35,220 | 45,169 |
| 2020 | 36,320 | 48,595 |
| 2021 | 40,170 | 57,560 |
| 2022 | 33,950 | 42,622 |
| 2023 | 38,590 | 53,790 |
| 2024 | 39,010 | 52,645 |
| 2025 | 35,480 | 46,001 |
Other regions of Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Katanga334,700 km² in an average year
- Bandundu147,050 km² in an average year
- Orientale103,230 km² in an average year
- Kasaï-Occidental76,700 km² in an average year
- Équateur73,190 km² in an average year
- Kasaï-Oriental72,810 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
- South Kivu221 km
- Bubanza, Burundi298 km
- Cibitoke, Burundi323 km
- Bururi, Burundi332 km
- Makamba, Burundi332 km
- Kasaï-Oriental350 km