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Wildfires in Central
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 94,810 km² of Central at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 59,410 km², ranking 3rd of 10 regions of Zambia.
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 64,320 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 48,910 km². The 2021–2025 average is 14% 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 75% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 23 August 2016, with detections in 2,316 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 94,810 km² with at least one detection, 98% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 889 | 0.9% |
| 2 years | 1,320 | 1.4% |
| 3 to 5 years | 8,840 | 9.3% |
| 6 to 10 years | 57,540 | 61% |
| 11 years or more | 26,220 | 28% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -13.25, 30.25 and holds 4.0% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 62,620 | 78,122 |
| 2013 | 64,180 | 80,983 |
| 2014 | 62,570 | 78,067 |
| 2015 | 64,320 | 81,659 |
| 2016 | 63,440 | 80,273 |
| 2017 | 59,690 | 72,725 |
| 2018 | 62,440 | 78,141 |
| 2019 | 61,000 | 76,229 |
| 2020 | 58,450 | 71,625 |
| 2021 | 56,540 | 68,046 |
| 2022 | 52,800 | 62,888 |
| 2023 | 59,410 | 73,968 |
| 2024 | 48,910 | 59,749 |
| 2025 | 55,340 | 69,266 |
Other regions of Zambia
- Northwestern82,900 km² in an average year
- Western77,200 km² in an average year
- Muchinga59,070 km² in an average year
- Northern43,770 km² in an average year
- Luapula32,860 km² in an average year
- Southern31,690 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
- Eastern123 km
- Copperbelt223 km
- Lusaka247 km
- Luapula275 km
- Mchinji, Malawi275 km
- Kasungu, Malawi329 km