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Wildfires in Amhara
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 09:19 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 43,400 km² of Amhara at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 17,220 km², ranking 4th of 11 regions of Ethiopia.
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 2013, with 20,740 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 14,350 km². The 2021–2025 average is 10% 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.
February, March and April together hold 50% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 23 April 2012, with detections in 481 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 43,400 km² with at least one detection, 72% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 8,330 | 19% |
| 2 years | 4,000 | 9.2% |
| 3 to 5 years | 10,230 | 24% |
| 6 to 10 years | 16,010 | 37% |
| 11 years or more | 4,830 | 11% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 12.25, 35.75 and holds 10% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 18,490 | 22,179 |
| 2013 | 20,740 | 26,747 |
| 2014 | 16,810 | 20,133 |
| 2015 | 16,950 | 20,952 |
| 2016 | 16,990 | 21,220 |
| 2017 | 16,220 | 19,085 |
| 2018 | 18,040 | 21,173 |
| 2019 | 17,350 | 20,448 |
| 2020 | 18,160 | 22,176 |
| 2021 | 15,120 | 17,395 |
| 2022 | 14,350 | 15,848 |
| 2023 | 16,430 | 20,214 |
| 2024 | 18,830 | 22,737 |
| 2025 | 16,620 | 19,855 |
Other regions of Ethiopia
- Benishangul-Gumuz34,710 km² in an average year
- Oromia25,580 km² in an average year
- Southern Nations21,450 km² in an average year
- Gambela Peoples13,700 km² in an average year
- Tigray4,390 km² in an average year
- Afar1,020 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
- Sennar, Sudan54 km
- Al Qadarif, Sudan55 km
- Benishangul-Gumuz111 km
- Tigray232 km
- Gash-Barka, Eritrea275 km
- Blue Nile, Sudan276 km