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Wildfires in Mashonaland East
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 09:22 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 26,940 km² of Mashonaland East at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 8,040 km², ranking 3rd 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 10,830 km² detected; the quietest was 2020, with 5,990 km². The 2021–2025 average is 17% higher 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.
August, September and October together hold 77% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 10 October 2022, with detections in 465 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 26,940 km² with at least one detection, 68% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 4,490 | 17% |
| 2 years | 4,130 | 15% |
| 3 to 5 years | 10,550 | 39% |
| 6 to 10 years | 7,350 | 27% |
| 11 years or more | 420 | 1.6% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -18.25, 31.25 and holds 13% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 8,230 | 8,578 |
| 2013 | 7,210 | 7,363 |
| 2014 | 7,790 | 8,130 |
| 2015 | 7,140 | 7,398 |
| 2016 | 6,730 | 7,126 |
| 2017 | 6,820 | 6,966 |
| 2018 | 8,870 | 9,701 |
| 2019 | 10,230 | 11,318 |
| 2020 | 5,990 | 6,114 |
| 2021 | 9,560 | 10,203 |
| 2022 | 8,570 | 8,957 |
| 2023 | 10,830 | 12,054 |
| 2024 | 7,060 | 7,577 |
| 2025 | 7,580 | 7,974 |
Other regions of Zimbabwe
- Mashonaland West20,090 km² in an average year
- Mashonaland Central10,300 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 Central111 km
- Midlands153 km
- Mashonaland West153 km
- Manica, Mozambique218 km
- Masvingo222 km