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Wildfires in Mashonaland West
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 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 47,590 km² of Mashonaland West at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 20,090 km², ranking 1st 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 23,730 km² detected; the quietest was 2020, with 13,110 km². The 2021–2025 average is 18% 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.
August, September and October together hold 76% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 11 September 2015, with detections in 1,273 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 47,590 km² with at least one detection, 84% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 3,850 | 8.1% |
| 2 years | 3,970 | 8.3% |
| 3 to 5 years | 14,060 | 30% |
| 6 to 10 years | 22,240 | 47% |
| 11 years or more | 3,460 | 7.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -17.25, 30.25 and holds 8.4% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 23,730 | 26,638 |
| 2013 | 22,790 | 25,631 |
| 2014 | 22,990 | 25,690 |
| 2015 | 22,510 | 25,122 |
| 2016 | 19,720 | 22,294 |
| 2017 | 21,440 | 23,772 |
| 2018 | 23,200 | 26,703 |
| 2019 | 20,040 | 23,205 |
| 2020 | 13,110 | 14,437 |
| 2021 | 19,730 | 22,366 |
| 2022 | 20,130 | 22,694 |
| 2023 | 23,590 | 28,191 |
| 2024 | 14,400 | 16,139 |
| 2025 | 13,850 | 15,401 |
Other regions of Zimbabwe
- 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
- 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
- Mashonaland Central106 km
- Harare119 km
- Mashonaland East153 km
- Midlands222 km
- Lusaka, Zambia246 km
- Manica, Mozambique322 km