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Wildfires in Manicaland
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 19,650 km² of Manicaland at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 4,900 km², ranking 6th of 10 regions of Zimbabwe.
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 6,460 km² detected; the quietest was 2017, with 3,620 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.
August, September and October together hold 71% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 11 October 2015, with detections in 394 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 19,650 km² with at least one detection, 54% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 5,370 | 27% |
| 2 years | 3,660 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 years | 6,580 | 34% |
| 6 to 10 years | 3,780 | 19% |
| 11 years or more | 255 | 1.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -19.75, 32.75 and holds 17% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6,460 | 7,652 |
| 2013 | 4,070 | 4,582 |
| 2014 | 5,630 | 6,572 |
| 2015 | 5,890 | 7,640 |
| 2016 | 4,070 | 5,215 |
| 2017 | 3,620 | 3,934 |
| 2018 | 5,250 | 6,440 |
| 2019 | 4,940 | 6,458 |
| 2020 | 3,660 | 4,551 |
| 2021 | 4,520 | 5,521 |
| 2022 | 4,250 | 5,081 |
| 2023 | 6,230 | 7,482 |
| 2024 | 5,620 | 7,257 |
| 2025 | 4,360 | 5,197 |
Other regions of Zimbabwe
- Mashonaland West20,090 km² in an average year
- Mashonaland Central10,300 km² in an average year
- Mashonaland East8,040 km² in an average year
- Matabeleland North5,610 km² in an average year
- Midlands5,340 km² in an average year
- Masvingo2,330 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
- Masvingo166 km
- Sofala, Mozambique166 km
- Manica, Mozambique228 km
- Mashonaland East229 km
- Midlands267 km
- Harare272 km