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Wildfires in Southern Nations
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 13:28 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 54,490 km² of Southern Nations at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 21,450 km², ranking 3rd 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 27,780 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 16,200 km². The 2021–2025 average is 6.9% 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.
December, January and February together hold 73% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 12 February 2025, with detections in 953 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 54,490 km² with at least one detection, 71% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 10,360 | 19% |
| 2 years | 5,380 | 10% |
| 3 to 5 years | 12,350 | 23% |
| 6 to 10 years | 20,910 | 38% |
| 11 years or more | 5,490 | 10% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 6.75, 36.25 and holds 10% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 22,320 | 25,119 |
| 2013 | 22,990 | 28,758 |
| 2014 | 21,690 | 25,947 |
| 2015 | 24,480 | 29,812 |
| 2016 | 23,580 | 31,704 |
| 2017 | 19,540 | 23,436 |
| 2018 | 21,460 | 25,701 |
| 2019 | 20,460 | 23,529 |
| 2020 | 16,650 | 20,637 |
| 2021 | 26,680 | 35,349 |
| 2022 | 16,200 | 18,188 |
| 2023 | 19,200 | 22,339 |
| 2024 | 17,250 | 20,635 |
| 2025 | 27,780 | 36,330 |
Other regions of Ethiopia
- Benishangul-Gumuz34,710 km² in an average year
- Oromia25,580 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 Peoples276 km
- Oromia313 km
- Jonglei, South Sudan335 km
- Upper Nile, South Sudan398 km
- Kaabong, Uganda433 km
- Blue Nile, Sudan447 km