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Wildfires in Eastern
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 49,030 km² of Eastern at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 24,590 km², ranking 8th 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 2013, with 29,180 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 18,470 km². The 2021–2025 average is 26% 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 73% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 3 August 2018, with detections in 918 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 49,030 km² with at least one detection, 91% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,060 | 4.2% |
| 2 years | 2,490 | 5.1% |
| 3 to 5 years | 10,510 | 21% |
| 6 to 10 years | 27,700 | 57% |
| 11 years or more | 6,260 | 13% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -14.25, 30.75 and holds 8.3% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 27,980 | 33,308 |
| 2013 | 29,180 | 35,497 |
| 2014 | 26,730 | 31,479 |
| 2015 | 28,200 | 34,125 |
| 2016 | 27,530 | 32,360 |
| 2017 | 25,800 | 30,244 |
| 2018 | 26,430 | 30,733 |
| 2019 | 26,550 | 31,231 |
| 2020 | 22,640 | 25,748 |
| 2021 | 23,820 | 27,563 |
| 2022 | 18,750 | 20,198 |
| 2023 | 22,800 | 26,570 |
| 2024 | 18,470 | 20,194 |
| 2025 | 19,410 | 21,851 |
Other regions of Zambia
- Northwestern82,900 km² in an average year
- Western77,200 km² in an average year
- Central59,410 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
- 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
- Central123 km
- Lusaka195 km
- Mchinji, Malawi222 km
- Kasungu, Malawi317 km
- Copperbelt317 km
- Lilongwe, Malawi323 km