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Wildfires in Otjozondjupa
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 36,890 km² of Otjozondjupa at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 5,190 km², ranking 3rd 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 2012, with 16,020 km² detected; the quietest was 2019, with 987 km². The 2021–2025 average is 30% 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 73% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 15 August 2012, with detections in 739 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 36,890 km² with at least one detection, 25% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 20,140 | 55% |
| 2 years | 7,430 | 20% |
| 3 to 5 years | 8,140 | 22% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,180 | 3.2% |
| 11 years or more | 2.3 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -19.75, 20.75 and holds 13% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 16,020 | 16,194 |
| 2013 | 5,170 | 5,226 |
| 2014 | 4,800 | 4,644 |
| 2015 | 4,220 | 4,176 |
| 2016 | 3,130 | 3,145 |
| 2017 | 4,290 | 4,144 |
| 2018 | 5,330 | 5,637 |
| 2019 | 987 | 1,028 |
| 2020 | 5,510 | 5,284 |
| 2021 | 6,790 | 6,802 |
| 2022 | 5,920 | 6,042 |
| 2023 | 6,850 | 7,271 |
| 2024 | 1,470 | 1,492 |
| 2025 | 2,140 | 2,123 |
Other regions of Namibia
- Kavango9,080 km² in an average year
- Zambezi7,480 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
- Omusati742 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.