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Wildfires in Mashonaland Central
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 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 25,560 km² of Mashonaland Central at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 10,300 km², ranking 2nd 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 2023, with 12,500 km² detected; the quietest was 2016, with 8,220 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 78% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 10 October 2022, with detections in 576 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 25,560 km² with at least one detection, 80% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,630 | 10% |
| 2 years | 2,480 | 10% |
| 3 to 5 years | 7,610 | 30% |
| 6 to 10 years | 11,070 | 43% |
| 11 years or more | 1,780 | 6.9% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -17.25, 31.25 and holds 15% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 9,770 | 10,838 |
| 2013 | 11,590 | 12,902 |
| 2014 | 11,370 | 12,557 |
| 2015 | 11,190 | 12,109 |
| 2016 | 8,220 | 9,428 |
| 2017 | 8,770 | 9,351 |
| 2018 | 10,820 | 12,605 |
| 2019 | 11,900 | 14,102 |
| 2020 | 8,540 | 9,561 |
| 2021 | 11,250 | 12,811 |
| 2022 | 10,820 | 12,444 |
| 2023 | 12,500 | 15,102 |
| 2024 | 9,150 | 10,638 |
| 2025 | 8,270 | 9,459 |
Other regions of Zimbabwe
- Mashonaland West20,090 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
- Manicaland4,900 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
- Harare55 km
- Mashonaland West106 km
- Mashonaland East111 km
- Manica, Mozambique219 km
- Midlands246 km
- Lusaka, Zambia308 km