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Wildfires in Mohale's Hoek
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 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 989 km² of Mohale's Hoek at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 114 km², ranking 7th 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 266 km² detected; the quietest was 2020, with 19 km². The 2021–2025 average is 21% 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 71% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 9 September 2023, with detections in 29 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 989 km² with at least one detection, 16% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 607 | 61% |
| 2 years | 222 | 22% |
| 3 to 5 years | 160 | 16% |
| 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 -30.25, 27.75 and holds 56% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 33 | 31 |
| 2013 | 215 | 243 |
| 2014 | 144 | 156 |
| 2015 | 166 | 182 |
| 2016 | 52 | 49 |
| 2017 | 71 | 70 |
| 2018 | 46 | 52 |
| 2019 | 118 | 122 |
| 2020 | 19 | 18 |
| 2021 | 135 | 135 |
| 2022 | 63 | 61 |
| 2023 | 205 | 206 |
| 2024 | 266 | 304 |
| 2025 | 65 | 64 |
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.
Nearby regions
- Maseru55 km
- Quthing55 km
- Qacha's Nek96 km
- Thaba-Tseka121 km
- Berea121 km
- Leribe173 km