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Wildfires in Morogoro
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 08:29 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 57,460 km² of Morogoro at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 20,130 km², ranking 6th 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 28,420 km² detected; the quietest was 2019, with 12,360 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.
September, October and November together hold 77% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 6 October 2020, with detections in 1,152 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 57,460 km² with at least one detection, 75% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 7,240 | 13% |
| 2 years | 6,880 | 12% |
| 3 to 5 years | 21,250 | 37% |
| 6 to 10 years | 19,580 | 34% |
| 11 years or more | 2,510 | 4.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -8.75, 36.75 and holds 8.2% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 28,420 | 33,861 |
| 2013 | 19,210 | 21,765 |
| 2014 | 18,710 | 21,179 |
| 2015 | 25,370 | 30,434 |
| 2016 | 24,870 | 30,000 |
| 2017 | 14,520 | 15,716 |
| 2018 | 20,010 | 22,352 |
| 2019 | 12,360 | 12,792 |
| 2020 | 21,930 | 26,038 |
| 2021 | 25,350 | 31,863 |
| 2022 | 18,910 | 21,545 |
| 2023 | 13,110 | 13,706 |
| 2024 | 18,140 | 20,516 |
| 2025 | 20,950 | 25,536 |
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
- 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.