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Wildfires in Luapula
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 45,720 km² of Luapula at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 32,860 km², ranking 6th 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 2025, with 36,260 km² detected; the quietest was 2020, with 30,470 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 78% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 27 August 2023, with detections in 1,789 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 45,720 km² with at least one detection, 98% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 494 | 1.1% |
| 2 years | 512 | 1.1% |
| 3 to 5 years | 2,420 | 5.3% |
| 6 to 10 years | 18,570 | 41% |
| 11 years or more | 23,730 | 52% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -11.25, 28.75 and holds 7.2% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 32,440 | 40,454 |
| 2013 | 33,720 | 44,030 |
| 2014 | 31,180 | 39,163 |
| 2015 | 34,350 | 45,609 |
| 2016 | 34,850 | 47,483 |
| 2017 | 33,440 | 43,824 |
| 2018 | 31,910 | 40,876 |
| 2019 | 33,460 | 44,300 |
| 2020 | 30,470 | 39,579 |
| 2021 | 32,520 | 43,078 |
| 2022 | 32,450 | 43,959 |
| 2023 | 31,690 | 41,142 |
| 2024 | 31,300 | 41,653 |
| 2025 | 36,260 | 54,503 |
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
- 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
- Copperbelt175 km
- Northwestern244 km
- Central275 km
- Northern352 km
- Muchinga367 km
- Eastern397 km