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Wildfires in Kapako

Kapako, Namibia, has had 79 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 347,430 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 56% of its area. Fire danger today: extreme (FWI 68).

Only fires of 2,000 ha or more get an entry: smaller ones are not in the lists or the totals on this page.

Fire danger, today and the coming days

FWI computed from the Open-Meteo forecast
  1. Fri 23 Very extreme 37° · 11 % · 60 km/h
  2. Sat 24 Extreme 37° · 12 % · 45 km/h
  3. Sun 25 Extreme 35° · 22 % · 43 km/h
  4. Mon 26 High 34° · 24 % · 39 km/h
  5. Tue 27 High 35° · 24 % · 32 km/h
  6. Wed 28 Very high 34° · 16 % · 43 km/h
  7. Thu 29 High 34° · 22 % · 52 km/h
  8. Fri 30 Very high 36° · 19 % · 44 km/h

Canadian Fire Weather Index, the same system Copernicus uses, computed by WorldFires from the weather forecast and two months of past weather for fuel state. It is an estimate per municipality, not an official warning: warnings are issued by each country’s emergency service.

The municipality and its fires

Since 2016

347,430
hectares burned
56 %
of its area
79
fires
6,212
km²

Hectares per year

1617181920212223242526

Fires that entered Kapako

  1. 2,021 ha Kapako fire, 26 September 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 2,007 ha in total · 2 days
  2. 2,267 ha Kapako fire, 20 September 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,254 ha in total · 8 days
  3. 341 ha Kahenge fire, 15 September 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 2,276 ha in total · 4 days
  4. 6,126 ha Kapako fire, 10 September 2026 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 6,092 ha in total · 6 days
  5. 6,255 ha Kapako fire, 7 September 2026 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 6,212 ha in total · 4 days
  6. 5,481 ha Kapako fire, 5 September 2026 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 5,500 ha in total · 4 days
  7. 2,722 ha Kapako fire, 3 September 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,715 ha in total · 5 days
  8. 291 ha Tsumkwe fire, 23 August 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 2,569 ha in total · 4 days
  9. 2,062 ha Kapako fire, 23 August 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 2,709 ha in total · 5 days
  10. 53,044 ha Kapako fire, 21 August 2026 where it started 8.5% of the municipality · 81,781 ha in total · 29 days
  11. 9 ha Rundu Rural West fire, August 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 11,247 ha in total · 19 days
  12. 70 ha Tsumkwe fire, 2 August 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 3,116 ha in total · 5 days
  13. 3,682 ha Kapako fire, July 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,673 ha in total · 10 days
  14. 2,283 ha Kapako fire, October 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,650 ha in total · 4 days
  15. 3,403 ha Kapako fire, 28 September 2025 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,395 ha in total · 7 days
  16. 1,319 ha Kapako fire, 26 September 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,012 ha in total · 11 days
  17. 2,982 ha Kahenge fire, 3 September 2025 0.5% of the municipality · 4,734 ha in total · 10 days
  18. 6,477 ha Kapako fire, September 2024 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 6,436 ha in total · 10 days
  19. 1,817 ha Kapako fire, July 2024 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 2,726 ha in total · 6 days
  20. 4,563 ha Kapako fire, 18 October 2023 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,523 ha in total · 4 days
  21. 4,648 ha Kapako fire, 4 October 2023 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 4,621 ha in total · 3 days
  22. 3,526 ha Kapako fire, 3 October 2023 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,507 ha in total · 3 days
  23. 7,771 ha Kapako fire, 3 October 2023 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 8,127 ha in total · 6 days
  24. 3,072 ha Kapako fire, 21 September 2023 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,053 ha in total · 5 days
  25. 75 ha Mashare fire, 11 September 2023 0.0% of the municipality · 8,887 ha in total · 6 days
  26. 40 ha Mashare fire, 9 September 2023 0.0% of the municipality · 3,022 ha in total · 3 days
  27. 2,583 ha Kapako fire, 7 September 2023 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,571 ha in total · 6 days
  28. 4,155 ha Kapako fire, 6 September 2023 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,127 ha in total · 3 days
  29. 6,431 ha Kapako fire, 10 August 2023 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 6,438 ha in total · 4 days
  30. 22,225 ha Kapako fire, 10 August 2023 where it started 3.6% of the municipality · 34,882 ha in total · 17 days
  31. 2,726 ha Kapako fire, October 2022 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,080 ha in total · 6 days
  32. 2,053 ha Kapako fire, 20 September 2022 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 2,045 ha in total · 6 days
  33. 2,231 ha Kapako fire, 20 September 2022 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,690 ha in total · 9 days
  34. 1 ha Tsumkwe fire, 19 September 2022 0.0% of the municipality · 2,118 ha in total · 4 days
  35. 7,719 ha Kapako fire, 10 September 2022 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 14,816 ha in total · 14 days
  36. 4,594 ha Kapako fire, 10 September 2022 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,577 ha in total · 4 days
  37. 2,258 ha Kapako fire, 22 September 2021 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,246 ha in total · 6 days
  38. 7,637 ha Rundu Rural West fire, 22 September 2021 1.2% of the municipality · 9,398 ha in total · 7 days
  39. 2,374 ha Kapako fire, 17 September 2021 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,364 ha in total · 2 days
  40. 9,040 ha Rundu Rural West fire, 4 September 2021 1.5% of the municipality · 9,228 ha in total · 14 days
  41. 1 ha Rundu Rural West fire, 1 September 2021 0.0% of the municipality · 2,576 ha in total · 7 days
  42. 3,954 ha Kapako fire, August 2021 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,937 ha in total · 3 days
  43. 2,727 ha Kapako fire, 6 November 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,709 ha in total · 3 days
  44. 645 ha Kapako fire, 4 November 2020 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,277 ha in total · 5 days
  45. 4,303 ha Kapako fire, October 2020 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,278 ha in total · 3 days
  46. 899 ha Kahenge fire, October 2020 0.1% of the municipality · 2,942 ha in total · 4 days
  47. 4,316 ha Kapako fire, 30 September 2020 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,285 ha in total · 5 days
  48. 2,312 ha Kapako fire, 30 September 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,304 ha in total · 5 days
  49. 2,099 ha Kapako fire, 28 September 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 2,091 ha in total · 4 days
  50. 2,844 ha Kapako fire, 14 September 2020 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,837 ha in total · 5 days
  51. 21,478 ha Kapako fire, September 2019 where it started 3.5% of the municipality · 31,877 ha in total · 14 days
  52. 2,055 ha Kapako fire, 15 October 2018 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 2,048 ha in total · 3 days
  53. 11 ha Kahenge fire, 14 October 2018 0.0% of the municipality · 2,604 ha in total · 6 days
  54. 668 ha Rundu Rural West fire, October 2018 0.1% of the municipality · 17,533 ha in total · 12 days
  55. 2,934 ha Kapako fire, 8 October 2018 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,923 ha in total · 10 days
  56. 6,275 ha Kapako fire, 22 September 2018 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 6,236 ha in total · 6 days
  57. 10,217 ha Kapako fire, 21 September 2018 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 11,353 ha in total · 8 days
  58. 3,530 ha Kapako fire, 14 September 2018 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,516 ha in total · 3 days
  59. 4,462 ha Kapako fire, 9 September 2018 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,443 ha in total · 10 days
  60. 3,776 ha Kapako fire, October 2017 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,758 ha in total · 6 days
  61. 6,532 ha Kapako fire, 19 September 2017 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 6,557 ha in total · 9 days
  62. 2,317 ha Kapako fire, 17 September 2017 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,310 ha in total · 6 days
  63. 2,968 ha Kapako fire, 7 September 2017 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,960 ha in total · 6 days
  64. 2,549 ha Kapako fire, 3 September 2017 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,538 ha in total · 4 days
  65. 5,467 ha Kapako fire, 30 August 2017 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 5,439 ha in total · 4 days
  66. 3,580 ha Rundu Rural West fire, 30 August 2017 0.6% of the municipality · 21,488 ha in total · 20 days
  67. 1,014 ha Rundu Rural West fire, 28 August 2017 0.2% of the municipality · 3,788 ha in total · 6 days
  68. 3,880 ha Rundu Rural West fire, 28 August 2017 0.6% of the municipality · 9,064 ha in total · 5 days
  69. 4,605 ha Kapako fire, 27 August 2017 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,582 ha in total · 12 days
  70. 2,646 ha Kapako fire, 16 October 2016 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,628 ha in total · 3 days
  71. 4,317 ha Kapako fire, 16 October 2016 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,286 ha in total · 2 days
  72. 2,156 ha Kapako fire, 14 October 2016 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,148 ha in total · 4 days
  73. 2,302 ha Kapako fire, 14 October 2016 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,286 ha in total · 2 days
  74. 2,102 ha Kapako fire, 14 October 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 2,088 ha in total · 1 day
  75. 3,371 ha Kapako fire, 14 October 2016 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,349 ha in total · 4 days
  76. 3,995 ha Kapako fire, 12 October 2016 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,971 ha in total · 7 days
  77. 4,183 ha Kapako fire, 12 October 2016 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,158 ha in total · 7 days
  78. 3,113 ha Kapako fire, 12 October 2016 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,095 ha in total · 2 days
  79. 4,456 ha Kapako fire, 11 October 2016 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,431 ha in total · 2 days

Where this data comes from

Perimeters come from GWIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0), rebuilt from heat detections, and municipal boundaries from OCHA COD-AB/Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) (Creative Commons Attribution for Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY-IGO)). The area per municipality is computed by WorldFires by crossing both. The forecast is from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).