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Wildfires in Kasungu
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 8,230 km² of Kasungu at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 3,240 km², ranking 2nd of 28 regions of Malawi.
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 2013, with 4,320 km² detected; the quietest was 2023, with 2,120 km². The 2021–2025 average is 38% 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.
July, August and September together hold 73% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 13 August 2012, with detections in 180 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 8,230 km² with at least one detection, 85% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 501 | 6.1% |
| 2 years | 745 | 9.0% |
| 3 to 5 years | 2,980 | 36% |
| 6 to 10 years | 3,710 | 45% |
| 11 years or more | 295 | 3.6% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -12.75, 33.25 and holds 33% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4,040 | 4,446 |
| 2013 | 4,320 | 4,888 |
| 2014 | 3,710 | 3,984 |
| 2015 | 4,020 | 4,536 |
| 2016 | 3,670 | 4,011 |
| 2017 | 3,330 | 3,524 |
| 2018 | 3,430 | 3,741 |
| 2019 | 3,380 | 3,689 |
| 2020 | 3,220 | 3,417 |
| 2021 | 2,910 | 3,019 |
| 2022 | 2,210 | 2,225 |
| 2023 | 2,120 | 2,119 |
| 2024 | 2,510 | 2,603 |
| 2025 | 2,560 | 2,650 |
Other regions of Malawi
- Mzimba3,870 km² in an average year
- Mangochi2,950 km² in an average year
- Nkhata Bay2,760 km² in an average year
- Rumphi2,490 km² in an average year
- Nkhotakota2,460 km² in an average year
- Chitipa2,070 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
- Ntchisi77 km
- Nkhotakota77 km
- Mchinji123 km
- Nkhata Bay123 km
- Salima155 km
- Dowa155 km