AURSEEAursee
Wildfires in Thaba-Tseka
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
Follow Thaba-Tseka: fire alerts by emailNo fires detected in Thaba-Tseka in the last 24 hours.
Fire alerts for Thaba-Tseka
Free. One email when satellites detect fire anywhere in Thaba-Tseka, 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 1,160 km² of Thaba-Tseka at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 122 km², ranking 6th 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 312 km² detected; the quietest was 2016, with 24 km². The 2021–2025 average is 53% 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 22 September 2023, with detections in 22 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,160 km² with at least one detection, 10% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 775 | 67% |
| 2 years | 270 | 23% |
| 3 to 5 years | 120 | 10% |
| 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 -29.25, 28.25 and holds 45% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
Show the table
| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 33 | 33 |
| 2013 | 218 | 217 |
| 2014 | 193 | 196 |
| 2015 | 61 | 59 |
| 2016 | 24 | 23 |
| 2017 | 58 | 59 |
| 2018 | 60 | 57 |
| 2019 | 163 | 184 |
| 2020 | 80 | 79 |
| 2021 | 123 | 122 |
| 2022 | 93 | 97 |
| 2023 | 229 | 239 |
| 2024 | 312 | 337 |
| 2025 | 56 | 53 |
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
- 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
- Berea0 km
- Leribe55 km
- Maseru73 km
- Butha-Buthe73 km
- Qacha's Nek121 km
- Mohale's Hoek121 km