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Wildfires in Masvingo
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 15,980 km² of Masvingo at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 2,330 km², ranking 7th 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 3,900 km² detected; the quietest was 2016, with 701 km². The 2021–2025 average is 55% 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 72% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 4 October 2022, with detections in 168 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 15,980 km² with at least one detection, 25% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 8,730 | 55% |
| 2 years | 3,210 | 20% |
| 3 to 5 years | 3,280 | 20% |
| 6 to 10 years | 749 | 4.7% |
| 11 years or more | 14 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -20.25, 31.25 and holds 11% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,290 | 2,244 |
| 2013 | 1,040 | 1,017 |
| 2014 | 2,680 | 2,688 |
| 2015 | 3,310 | 3,427 |
| 2016 | 701 | 680 |
| 2017 | 1,570 | 1,482 |
| 2018 | 2,600 | 2,703 |
| 2019 | 1,600 | 2,093 |
| 2020 | 1,230 | 1,262 |
| 2021 | 3,060 | 3,154 |
| 2022 | 3,060 | 3,178 |
| 2023 | 3,900 | 4,133 |
| 2024 | 2,810 | 2,918 |
| 2025 | 2,710 | 2,878 |
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
- Manicaland4,900 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
- Midlands152 km
- Manicaland166 km
- Matabeleland South208 km
- Mashonaland East222 km
- Bulawayo260 km
- Harare277 km