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Wildfires in Lindi
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 62,010 km² of Lindi at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 25,490 km², ranking 3rd 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 2015, with 30,130 km² detected; the quietest was 2023, with 21,270 km². The 2021–2025 average is 13% 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 63% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 23 October 2018, with detections in 1,392 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 62,010 km² with at least one detection, 85% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 3,850 | 6.2% |
| 2 years | 5,710 | 9.2% |
| 3 to 5 years | 22,700 | 37% |
| 6 to 10 years | 24,430 | 39% |
| 11 years or more | 5,320 | 8.6% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -9.75, 39.25 and holds 6.9% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 27,760 | 32,690 |
| 2013 | 25,200 | 30,624 |
| 2014 | 25,120 | 29,198 |
| 2015 | 30,130 | 35,412 |
| 2016 | 27,050 | 31,379 |
| 2017 | 25,360 | 29,315 |
| 2018 | 24,480 | 29,442 |
| 2019 | 26,280 | 29,420 |
| 2020 | 27,650 | 34,068 |
| 2021 | 27,010 | 34,110 |
| 2022 | 22,430 | 29,362 |
| 2023 | 21,270 | 24,862 |
| 2024 | 21,370 | 25,592 |
| 2025 | 25,780 | 31,056 |
Other regions of Tanzania
- Ruvuma34,040 km² in an average year
- Katavi25,860 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.
Nearby regions
- Mtwara123 km
- Pwani229 km
- Morogoro296 km
- Dar es Salaam333 km
- Unguja South389 km
- Cabo Delgado, Mozambique404 km