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Wildfires in Oromia
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 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 95,810 km² of Oromia at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 25,580 km², ranking 2nd 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 2015, with 31,040 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 20,780 km². The 2021–2025 average is 9.5% 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.
January, February and March together hold 74% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 4 March 2015, with detections in 881 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 95,810 km² with at least one detection, 45% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 36,420 | 38% |
| 2 years | 16,110 | 17% |
| 3 to 5 years | 20,230 | 21% |
| 6 to 10 years | 15,490 | 16% |
| 11 years or more | 7,570 | 7.9% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 8.75, 34.25 and holds 5.8% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 27,610 | 31,660 |
| 2013 | 28,070 | 34,055 |
| 2014 | 25,380 | 29,480 |
| 2015 | 31,040 | 38,410 |
| 2016 | 25,360 | 31,645 |
| 2017 | 24,080 | 28,416 |
| 2018 | 24,380 | 28,925 |
| 2019 | 24,120 | 27,513 |
| 2020 | 23,610 | 28,009 |
| 2021 | 26,590 | 31,444 |
| 2022 | 20,780 | 23,710 |
| 2023 | 21,540 | 26,125 |
| 2024 | 26,690 | 30,972 |
| 2025 | 28,870 | 33,771 |
Other regions of Ethiopia
- Benishangul-Gumuz34,710 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
- Gambela Peoples55 km
- Upper Nile, South Sudan109 km
- Blue Nile, Sudan166 km
- Jonglei, South Sudan199 km
- Southern Nations313 km
- Benishangul-Gumuz322 km