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Wildfires in Benishangul-Gumuz
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 19:25 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 49,920 km² of Benishangul-Gumuz at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 34,710 km², ranking 1st 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 2016, with 37,200 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 32,000 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of 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.
December, January and February together hold 67% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 6 January 2019, with detections in 1,023 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 49,920 km² with at least one detection, 98% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 616 | 1.2% |
| 2 years | 557 | 1.1% |
| 3 to 5 years | 2,460 | 4.9% |
| 6 to 10 years | 24,240 | 49% |
| 11 years or more | 22,040 | 44% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 11.25, 35.75 and holds 6.6% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 32,000 | 38,997 |
| 2013 | 35,760 | 47,620 |
| 2014 | 35,210 | 47,723 |
| 2015 | 37,100 | 53,247 |
| 2016 | 37,200 | 54,161 |
| 2017 | 35,220 | 47,696 |
| 2018 | 34,930 | 46,664 |
| 2019 | 32,890 | 42,173 |
| 2020 | 36,390 | 51,152 |
| 2021 | 34,000 | 44,935 |
| 2022 | 32,250 | 41,185 |
| 2023 | 35,120 | 48,592 |
| 2024 | 34,320 | 46,361 |
| 2025 | 33,520 | 44,912 |
Other regions of Ethiopia
- Oromia25,580 km² in an average year
- Southern Nations21,450 km² in an average year
- Amhara17,220 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
- Amhara111 km
- Sennar, Sudan123 km
- Al Qadarif, Sudan166 km
- Blue Nile, Sudan198 km
- Tigray322 km
- Oromia322 km