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Wildfires in Geita
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 06:20 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 17,320 km² of Geita at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 5,980 km², ranking 15th of 30 regions of Tanzania.
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 2016, with 8,490 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 4,550 km². The 2021–2025 average is 6.5% 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.
June, July and August together hold 86% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 26 July 2021, with detections in 293 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 17,320 km² with at least one detection, 70% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 3,150 | 18% |
| 2 years | 2,050 | 12% |
| 3 to 5 years | 4,810 | 28% |
| 6 to 10 years | 6,770 | 39% |
| 11 years or more | 529 | 3.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -3.75, 31.75 and holds 16% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4,550 | 4,695 |
| 2013 | 6,700 | 7,219 |
| 2014 | 5,820 | 6,066 |
| 2015 | 5,770 | 6,149 |
| 2016 | 8,490 | 9,850 |
| 2017 | 5,720 | 6,557 |
| 2018 | 5,090 | 5,197 |
| 2019 | 6,350 | 6,844 |
| 2020 | 5,980 | 6,182 |
| 2021 | 6,980 | 7,480 |
| 2022 | 4,900 | 5,057 |
| 2023 | 5,330 | 5,619 |
| 2024 | 5,880 | 6,465 |
| 2025 | 6,190 | 7,058 |
Other regions of Tanzania
- Ruvuma34,040 km² in an average year
- Katavi25,860 km² in an average year
- Lindi25,490 km² in an average year
- Mbeya22,410 km² in an average year
- Tabora21,810 km² in an average year
- Morogoro20,130 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
- Shinyanga0 km
- Kigoma124 km
- Rutana, Burundi166 km
- Ruyigi, Burundi175 km
- Cankuzo, Burundi175 km
- Kagera175 km