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Wildfires in Midlands
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 26,110 km² of Midlands at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 5,340 km², ranking 5th 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 7,280 km² detected; the quietest was 2020, with 1,940 km². The 2021–2025 average is 20% 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 78% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 11 September 2015, with detections in 347 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 26,110 km² with at least one detection, 46% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 8,750 | 34% |
| 2 years | 5,370 | 21% |
| 3 to 5 years | 8,960 | 34% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2,960 | 11% |
| 11 years or more | 65 | 0.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -19.25, 30.25 and holds 13% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 7,280 | 7,589 |
| 2013 | 6,340 | 6,472 |
| 2014 | 6,780 | 6,995 |
| 2015 | 6,540 | 6,708 |
| 2016 | 3,520 | 3,678 |
| 2017 | 6,090 | 6,196 |
| 2018 | 7,230 | 7,713 |
| 2019 | 4,780 | 5,405 |
| 2020 | 1,940 | 2,020 |
| 2021 | 4,830 | 4,974 |
| 2022 | 5,580 | 5,985 |
| 2023 | 6,960 | 7,361 |
| 2024 | 3,330 | 3,736 |
| 2025 | 3,550 | 3,909 |
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
- 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
- Masvingo152 km
- Matabeleland South152 km
- Mashonaland East153 km
- Bulawayo192 km
- Harare197 km
- Mashonaland West222 km