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Wildfires in Central Equatoria
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 12:28 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 47,360 km² of Central Equatoria at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 29,410 km², ranking 5th of 10 regions of South Sudan.
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 2020, with 32,370 km² detected; the quietest was 2019, with 20,880 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of 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 87% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 15 December 2014, with detections in 1,526 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 47,360 km² with at least one detection, 98% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 287 | 0.6% |
| 2 years | 645 | 1.4% |
| 3 to 5 years | 5,290 | 11% |
| 6 to 10 years | 28,250 | 60% |
| 11 years or more | 12,880 | 27% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 4.25, 30.75 and holds 8.3% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 20,910 | 22,179 |
| 2013 | 30,290 | 40,581 |
| 2014 | 31,590 | 41,454 |
| 2015 | 31,010 | 40,632 |
| 2016 | 31,770 | 42,685 |
| 2017 | 31,280 | 42,950 |
| 2018 | 30,740 | 40,265 |
| 2019 | 20,880 | 23,390 |
| 2020 | 32,370 | 45,616 |
| 2021 | 31,590 | 41,684 |
| 2022 | 24,480 | 28,500 |
| 2023 | 32,010 | 42,613 |
| 2024 | 31,820 | 43,815 |
| 2025 | 30,950 | 41,172 |
Other regions of South Sudan
- Western Bahr el Ghazal56,430 km² in an average year
- Western Equatoria55,660 km² in an average year
- Jonglei49,900 km² in an average year
- Upper Nile35,650 km² in an average year
- Lakes21,590 km² in an average year
- Eastern Equatoria20,390 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
- Koboko, Uganda55 km
- Yumbe, Uganda78 km
- Moyo, Uganda124 km
- Adjumani, Uganda157 km
- Eastern Equatoria166 km
- Zombo, Uganda166 km