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Wildfires in Haute Matsiatra
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 12:28 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 19,050 km² of Haute Matsiatra at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 6,290 km², ranking 12th 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 8,230 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 4,200 km². The 2021–2025 average is 31% 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 58% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 14 September 2014, with detections in 364 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 19,050 km² with at least one detection, 75% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,280 | 12% |
| 2 years | 2,390 | 13% |
| 3 to 5 years | 7,660 | 40% |
| 6 to 10 years | 6,370 | 33% |
| 11 years or more | 349 | 1.8% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -21.25, 46.25 and holds 16% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6,550 | 7,514 |
| 2013 | 6,940 | 7,988 |
| 2014 | 7,130 | 8,016 |
| 2015 | 6,980 | 8,100 |
| 2016 | 8,230 | 9,645 |
| 2017 | 7,200 | 8,208 |
| 2018 | 7,360 | 8,666 |
| 2019 | 6,840 | 7,598 |
| 2020 | 6,100 | 6,837 |
| 2021 | 4,810 | 5,294 |
| 2022 | 4,200 | 4,443 |
| 2023 | 5,480 | 6,023 |
| 2024 | 5,180 | 5,781 |
| 2025 | 5,010 | 5,207 |
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
- Betsiboka14,790 km² in an average year
- Boeny13,510 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
- Amoron'i Mania117 km
- Ihorombe174 km
- Vatovavy-Fitovinany214 km
- Menabe228 km
- Atsimo-Atsinanana245 km
- Anosy277 km