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Wildfires in Betsiboka
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 30,330 km² of Betsiboka at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 14,790 km², ranking 5th of 22 regions of Madagascar.
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 2016, with 16,300 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 12,490 km². The 2021–2025 average is 11% lower 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 53% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 9 August 2018, with detections in 394 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 30,330 km² with at least one detection, 93% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 785 | 2.6% |
| 2 years | 1,290 | 4.2% |
| 3 to 5 years | 8,060 | 27% |
| 6 to 10 years | 16,770 | 55% |
| 11 years or more | 3,420 | 11% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -17.25, 45.75 and holds 15% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 16,120 | 19,377 |
| 2013 | 15,170 | 18,360 |
| 2014 | 15,370 | 18,366 |
| 2015 | 14,580 | 17,336 |
| 2016 | 16,300 | 20,276 |
| 2017 | 13,280 | 15,224 |
| 2018 | 16,080 | 19,525 |
| 2019 | 15,470 | 18,723 |
| 2020 | 15,840 | 19,753 |
| 2021 | 14,500 | 17,259 |
| 2022 | 12,490 | 14,326 |
| 2023 | 13,620 | 15,863 |
| 2024 | 15,370 | 18,727 |
| 2025 | 12,900 | 15,138 |
Other regions of Madagascar
- Menabe24,240 km² in an average year
- Melaky22,840 km² in an average year
- Atsimo-Andrefana18,160 km² in an average year
- Sofia17,440 km² in an average year
- Boeny13,510 km² in an average year
- Toamasina9,960 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.