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Wildfires in Mpumalanga
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 59,090 km² of Mpumalanga at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 14,540 km², ranking 2nd of 9 regions of South Africa.
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 2014, with 17,250 km² detected; the quietest was 2016, with 10,210 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of 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 45% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 7 July 2024, with detections in 804 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 59,090 km² with at least one detection, 55% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 14,820 | 25% |
| 2 years | 11,800 | 20% |
| 3 to 5 years | 21,390 | 36% |
| 6 to 10 years | 10,400 | 18% |
| 11 years or more | 688 | 1.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -26.25, 29.25 and holds 16% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 14,530 | 24,347 |
| 2013 | 16,080 | 26,444 |
| 2014 | 17,250 | 27,644 |
| 2015 | 13,540 | 24,387 |
| 2016 | 10,210 | 20,797 |
| 2017 | 13,720 | 24,989 |
| 2018 | 14,120 | 25,233 |
| 2019 | 15,410 | 28,769 |
| 2020 | 14,170 | 25,125 |
| 2021 | 16,510 | 26,148 |
| 2022 | 11,610 | 19,603 |
| 2023 | 17,070 | 26,911 |
| 2024 | 16,590 | 25,890 |
| 2025 | 12,710 | 19,599 |
Other regions of South Africa
- KwaZulu-Natal21,840 km² in an average year
- Eastern Cape12,280 km² in an average year
- Limpopo9,110 km² in an average year
- North West6,130 km² in an average year
- Gauteng4,600 km² in an average year
- Free State3,910 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
- Gauteng99 km
- Free State159 km
- North West159 km
- Limpopo194 km
- Hhohho, Kingdom of eSwatini199 km
- Manzini, Kingdom of eSwatini206 km