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Wildfires in Leribe
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 1,040 km² of Leribe at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 127 km², ranking 5th 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 323 km² detected; the quietest was 2016, with 31 km². The 2021–2025 average is 76% 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.
July, August and September together hold 73% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 25 September 2013, with detections in 22 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,040 km² with at least one detection, 17% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 608 | 59% |
| 2 years | 249 | 24% |
| 3 to 5 years | 171 | 16% |
| 6 to 10 years | 9.9 | 1.0% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -28.75, 28.25 and holds 41% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 34 | 37 |
| 2013 | 128 | 132 |
| 2014 | 184 | 197 |
| 2015 | 88 | 88 |
| 2016 | 31 | 32 |
| 2017 | 118 | 126 |
| 2018 | 68 | 67 |
| 2019 | 218 | 269 |
| 2020 | 92 | 96 |
| 2021 | 114 | 119 |
| 2022 | 134 | 133 |
| 2023 | 208 | 215 |
| 2024 | 323 | 355 |
| 2025 | 39 | 43 |
Other regions of Lesotho
- Maseru181 km² in an average year
- Quthing166 km² in an average year
- Qacha's Nek163 km² in an average year
- Butha-Buthe151 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
- Butha-Buthe48 km
- Thaba-Tseka55 km
- Berea55 km
- Maseru121 km
- Qacha's Nek173 km
- Mohale's Hoek173 km