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Wildfires in Omusati
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 Omusati at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 742 km², ranking 7th of 13 regions of Namibia.
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 2025, with 3,150 km² detected; the quietest was 2023, with 31 km². The 2021–2025 average is 51% 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.
September, October and November together hold 65% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 25 September 2025, with detections in 780 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 8,230 km² with at least one detection, 2.9% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 6,320 | 77% |
| 2 years | 1,670 | 20% |
| 3 to 5 years | 237 | 2.9% |
| 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 -18.75, 15.25 and holds 22% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,720 | 2,519 |
| 2013 | 61 | 53 |
| 2014 | 434 | 379 |
| 2015 | 564 | 487 |
| 2016 | 48 | 50 |
| 2017 | 234 | 206 |
| 2018 | 80 | 69 |
| 2019 | 34 | 30 |
| 2020 | 448 | 397 |
| 2021 | 1,940 | 1,782 |
| 2022 | 525 | 460 |
| 2023 | 31 | 26 |
| 2024 | 118 | 103 |
| 2025 | 3,150 | 2,911 |
Other regions of Namibia
- Kavango9,080 km² in an average year
- Zambezi7,480 km² in an average year
- Otjozondjupa5,190 km² in an average year
- Omaheke1,690 km² in an average year
- Oshikoto1,380 km² in an average year
- Kunene872 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.