AURSEEAursee
Wildfires in Butha-Buthe
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 06:20 UTC
Follow Butha-Buthe: fire alerts by emailNo fires detected in Butha-Buthe in the last 24 hours.
Fire alerts for Butha-Buthe
Free. One email when satellites detect fire anywhere in Butha-Buthe, then at most one update a day while fires continue.
Free. Pick a town and we email you when satellites detect fire within 30 km of it.
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 1,070 km² of Butha-Buthe at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 151 km², ranking 4th of 10 regions of Lesotho.
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 2024, with 306 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 29 km². The 2021–2025 average is 71% 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 79% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 21 August 2024, with detections in 25 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,070 km² with at least one detection, 27% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 488 | 46% |
| 2 years | 286 | 27% |
| 3 to 5 years | 280 | 26% |
| 6 to 10 years | 12 | 1.1% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -28.75, 28.75 and holds 77% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
Show the table
| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 29 | 27 |
| 2013 | 160 | 174 |
| 2014 | 218 | 237 |
| 2015 | 71 | 67 |
| 2016 | 29 | 27 |
| 2017 | 174 | 183 |
| 2018 | 129 | 130 |
| 2019 | 275 | 325 |
| 2020 | 163 | 169 |
| 2021 | 140 | 140 |
| 2022 | 102 | 99 |
| 2023 | 261 | 284 |
| 2024 | 306 | 336 |
| 2025 | 60 | 57 |
Other regions of Lesotho
- Maseru181 km² in an average year
- Quthing166 km² in an average year
- Qacha's Nek163 km² in an average year
- Leribe127 km² in an average year
- Thaba-Tseka122 km² in an average year
- Mohale's Hoek114 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
- Leribe48 km
- Thaba-Tseka73 km
- Berea73 km
- Maseru147 km
- Qacha's Nek166 km
- Mohale's Hoek192 km