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Wildfires in Middle Shebelle
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 09:22 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 2,080 km² of Middle Shebelle at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 308 km², ranking 4th 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 491 km² detected; the quietest was 2020, with 136 km². The 2021–2025 average is 19% 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 50% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 2 October 2025, with detections in 25 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 2,080 km² with at least one detection, 25% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,210 | 58% |
| 2 years | 358 | 17% |
| 3 to 5 years | 372 | 18% |
| 6 to 10 years | 139 | 6.7% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 2.75, 45.75 and holds 41% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 397 | 529 |
| 2013 | 432 | 504 |
| 2014 | 491 | 885 |
| 2015 | 261 | 290 |
| 2016 | 345 | 406 |
| 2017 | 288 | 344 |
| 2018 | 162 | 175 |
| 2019 | 249 | 273 |
| 2020 | 136 | 123 |
| 2021 | 306 | 362 |
| 2022 | 272 | 332 |
| 2023 | 269 | 365 |
| 2024 | 275 | 306 |
| 2025 | 433 | 554 |
Other regions of Somalia
- Lower Juba394 km² in an average year
- Middle Juba346 km² in an average year
- Lower Shebelle323 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 Shebelle157 km
- Bay228 km
- Hiran229 km
- Somali, Ethiopia299 km
- Gedo392 km
- Middle Juba400 km