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Wildfires in Eastern Equatoria
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 53,350 km² of Eastern Equatoria at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 20,390 km², ranking 7th 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 2021, with 27,870 km² detected; the quietest was 2019, with 11,700 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 83% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 13 December 2021, with detections in 876 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 53,350 km² with at least one detection, 79% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 6,060 | 11% |
| 2 years | 5,250 | 10% |
| 3 to 5 years | 17,950 | 34% |
| 6 to 10 years | 21,050 | 39% |
| 11 years or more | 3,040 | 5.7% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 4.25, 32.25 and holds 10% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 15,570 | 15,713 |
| 2013 | 23,750 | 26,302 |
| 2014 | 18,950 | 20,893 |
| 2015 | 22,670 | 25,388 |
| 2016 | 26,390 | 31,621 |
| 2017 | 16,730 | 18,098 |
| 2018 | 19,840 | 22,270 |
| 2019 | 11,700 | 11,772 |
| 2020 | 18,430 | 20,638 |
| 2021 | 27,870 | 34,123 |
| 2022 | 14,600 | 15,169 |
| 2023 | 24,170 | 28,276 |
| 2024 | 21,350 | 23,830 |
| 2025 | 23,460 | 26,534 |
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
- Central Equatoria29,410 km² in an average year
- Lakes21,590 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
- Lamwo, Uganda78 km
- Moyo, Uganda78 km
- Amuru, Uganda111 km
- Yumbe, Uganda124 km
- Adjumani, Uganda124 km
- Kitgum, Uganda157 km