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Wildfires in Somali
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 07:28 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 7,910 km² of Somali at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 812 km², ranking 8th 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 2025, with 1,460 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 435 km². The 2021–2025 average is 61% higher 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 54% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 9 September 2018, with detections in 50 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 7,910 km² with at least one detection, 10% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 6,150 | 78% |
| 2 years | 1,010 | 13% |
| 3 to 5 years | 613 | 7.8% |
| 6 to 10 years | 127 | 1.6% |
| 11 years or more | 14 | 0.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 5.25, 44.75 and holds 17% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 435 | 429 |
| 2013 | 678 | 677 |
| 2014 | 748 | 751 |
| 2015 | 692 | 709 |
| 2016 | 792 | 779 |
| 2017 | 454 | 413 |
| 2018 | 566 | 571 |
| 2019 | 647 | 606 |
| 2020 | 962 | 852 |
| 2021 | 1,300 | 1,237 |
| 2022 | 673 | 717 |
| 2023 | 836 | 837 |
| 2024 | 1,130 | 1,017 |
| 2025 | 1,460 | 1,450 |
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
- Amhara17,220 km² in an average year
- Gambela Peoples13,700 km² in an average year
- Tigray4,390 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
- Hiran, Somalia78 km
- Bay, Somalia248 km
- Middle Shebelle, Somalia299 km
- Lower Shebelle, Somalia389 km
- Gedo, Somalia433 km
- Somaliland, Somaliland503 km