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Wildfires in Shinyanga
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 6,700 km² of Shinyanga at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,500 km², ranking 21st 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 2,460 km² detected; the quietest was 2015, with 1,010 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 70% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 19 August 2022, with detections in 76 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 6,700 km² with at least one detection, 41% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 3,010 | 45% |
| 2 years | 952 | 14% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,290 | 19% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,380 | 21% |
| 11 years or more | 67 | 1.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -3.75, 31.75 and holds 32% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,450 | 1,488 |
| 2013 | 1,690 | 1,878 |
| 2014 | 1,370 | 1,391 |
| 2015 | 1,010 | 1,019 |
| 2016 | 2,460 | 2,778 |
| 2017 | 1,150 | 1,217 |
| 2018 | 1,210 | 1,238 |
| 2019 | 1,180 | 1,229 |
| 2020 | 1,850 | 1,767 |
| 2021 | 1,800 | 1,745 |
| 2022 | 1,100 | 1,090 |
| 2023 | 1,490 | 1,569 |
| 2024 | 1,660 | 1,618 |
| 2025 | 1,590 | 1,641 |
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
- Geita0 km
- Kigoma124 km
- Rutana, Burundi166 km
- Ruyigi, Burundi175 km
- Cankuzo, Burundi175 km
- Kagera175 km