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Wildfires in Katavi
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 44,430 km² of Katavi at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 25,860 km², ranking 2nd 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 2012, with 29,210 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 21,820 km². The 2021–2025 average is 17% 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 78% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 16 July 2012, with detections in 739 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 44,430 km² with at least one detection, 96% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 806 | 1.8% |
| 2 years | 1,060 | 2.4% |
| 3 to 5 years | 5,750 | 13% |
| 6 to 10 years | 27,540 | 62% |
| 11 years or more | 9,280 | 21% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -6.75, 31.25 and holds 8.3% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 29,210 | 34,555 |
| 2013 | 28,960 | 34,559 |
| 2014 | 27,000 | 30,889 |
| 2015 | 28,060 | 33,324 |
| 2016 | 28,360 | 33,636 |
| 2017 | 27,380 | 32,186 |
| 2018 | 24,550 | 27,708 |
| 2019 | 27,200 | 32,898 |
| 2020 | 23,590 | 26,546 |
| 2021 | 25,070 | 29,221 |
| 2022 | 23,060 | 26,426 |
| 2023 | 22,830 | 26,140 |
| 2024 | 21,820 | 24,581 |
| 2025 | 24,950 | 29,748 |
Other regions of Tanzania
- Ruvuma34,040 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
- Kigoma19,910 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.