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Wildfires in Middle Juba
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 2,030 km² of Middle Juba at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 346 km², ranking 2nd 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 606 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 162 km². The 2021–2025 average is 47% 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 55% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 30 August 2021, with detections in 30 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 2,030 km² with at least one detection, 31% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,060 | 52% |
| 2 years | 351 | 17% |
| 3 to 5 years | 410 | 20% |
| 6 to 10 years | 203 | 10% |
| 11 years or more | 7.4 | 0.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 0.75, 42.75 and holds 44% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 509 | 489 |
| 2013 | 530 | 541 |
| 2014 | 606 | 651 |
| 2015 | 238 | 236 |
| 2016 | 586 | 665 |
| 2017 | 265 | 312 |
| 2018 | 162 | 164 |
| 2019 | 377 | 448 |
| 2020 | 268 | 277 |
| 2021 | 377 | 452 |
| 2022 | 181 | 186 |
| 2023 | 200 | 195 |
| 2024 | 207 | 222 |
| 2025 | 340 | 413 |
Other regions of Somalia
- Lower Juba394 km² in an average year
- Lower Shebelle323 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
- Lower Juba55 km
- Gedo175 km
- Lower Shebelle248 km
- Bay299 km
- North Eastern, Kenya355 km
- Middle Shebelle400 km