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Wildfires in Quthing
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 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 1,280 km² of Quthing at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 166 km², ranking 2nd 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 314 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 53 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 73% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 9 September 2014, with detections in 38 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,280 km² with at least one detection, 21% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 655 | 51% |
| 2 years | 356 | 28% |
| 3 to 5 years | 260 | 20% |
| 6 to 10 years | 12 | 0.9% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -30.75, 27.75 and holds 36% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 53 | 52 |
| 2013 | 215 | 229 |
| 2014 | 221 | 230 |
| 2015 | 204 | 209 |
| 2016 | 61 | 59 |
| 2017 | 191 | 210 |
| 2018 | 144 | 148 |
| 2019 | 226 | 253 |
| 2020 | 102 | 107 |
| 2021 | 168 | 169 |
| 2022 | 112 | 109 |
| 2023 | 234 | 239 |
| 2024 | 314 | 329 |
| 2025 | 86 | 87 |
Other regions of Lesotho
- Maseru181 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
- 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
- Mohale's Hoek55 km
- Qacha's Nek110 km
- Maseru111 km
- Thaba-Tseka173 km
- Berea173 km
- Eastern Cape, South Africa198 km