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Wildfires in Lower Shebelle
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 2,590 km² of Lower Shebelle at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 323 km², ranking 3rd of 13 regions of Somalia.
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 2014, with 586 km² detected; the quietest was 2023, with 173 km². The 2021–2025 average is 39% 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 47% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 30 April 2021, with detections in 18 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 2,590 km² with at least one detection, 18% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,610 | 62% |
| 2 years | 500 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 years | 422 | 16% |
| 6 to 10 years | 54 | 2.1% |
| 11 years or more | 1.2 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 1.75, 44.75 and holds 34% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 337 | 328 |
| 2013 | 495 | 465 |
| 2014 | 586 | 625 |
| 2015 | 346 | 384 |
| 2016 | 426 | 445 |
| 2017 | 279 | 331 |
| 2018 | 208 | 196 |
| 2019 | 307 | 301 |
| 2020 | 209 | 188 |
| 2021 | 374 | 381 |
| 2022 | 193 | 208 |
| 2023 | 173 | 171 |
| 2024 | 243 | 244 |
| 2025 | 350 | 354 |
Other regions of Somalia
- Lower Juba394 km² in an average year
- Middle Juba346 km² in an average year
- Middle Shebelle308 km² in an average year
- Bay182 km² in an average year
- Hiran132 km² in an average year
- Gedo123 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
- Middle Shebelle157 km
- Bay200 km
- Middle Juba248 km
- Lower Juba277 km
- Gedo283 km
- Hiran338 km