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Wildfires in Menabe
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 47,690 km² of Menabe at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 24,240 km², ranking 1st 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 2020, with 27,990 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 19,730 km². The 2021–2025 average is 7.3% 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 49% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 24 October 2021, with detections in 909 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 47,690 km² with at least one detection, 91% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,810 | 3.8% |
| 2 years | 2,600 | 5.4% |
| 3 to 5 years | 11,340 | 24% |
| 6 to 10 years | 23,910 | 50% |
| 11 years or more | 8,030 | 17% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -19.75, 44.75 and holds 11% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 19,730 | 26,424 |
| 2013 | 26,050 | 42,284 |
| 2014 | 20,780 | 30,874 |
| 2015 | 20,220 | 29,178 |
| 2016 | 27,980 | 45,126 |
| 2017 | 24,670 | 38,813 |
| 2018 | 25,120 | 40,013 |
| 2019 | 23,620 | 35,782 |
| 2020 | 27,990 | 45,320 |
| 2021 | 24,270 | 39,730 |
| 2022 | 20,400 | 27,960 |
| 2023 | 26,910 | 44,332 |
| 2024 | 25,280 | 36,546 |
| 2025 | 26,320 | 39,167 |
Other regions of Madagascar
- 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
- 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.
Nearby regions
- Haute Matsiatra228 km
- Antananarivo229 km
- Amoron'i Mania283 km
- Betsiboka297 km
- Melaky333 km
- Atsimo-Andrefana349 km