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Wildfires in Mafeteng
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 505 km² of Mafeteng at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 56 km², ranking 10th 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 214 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 14 km². The 2021–2025 average is 97% 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 75% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 20 August 2024, with detections in 27 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 505 km² with at least one detection, 14% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 312 | 62% |
| 2 years | 124 | 24% |
| 3 to 5 years | 70 | 14% |
| 6 to 10 years | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -29.75, 27.75 and holds 63% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 16 | 16 |
| 2013 | 74 | 85 |
| 2014 | 68 | 67 |
| 2015 | 54 | 54 |
| 2016 | 15 | 16 |
| 2017 | 28 | 27 |
| 2018 | 14 | 13 |
| 2019 | 52 | 57 |
| 2020 | 22 | 21 |
| 2021 | 60 | 60 |
| 2022 | 23 | 22 |
| 2023 | 130 | 147 |
| 2024 | 214 | 235 |
| 2025 | 20 | 22 |
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
- Leribe127 km² in an average year
- Thaba-Tseka122 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.