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Wildfires in Lakes
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 08:29 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 38,490 km² of Lakes at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 21,590 km², ranking 6th 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 2015, with 25,460 km² detected; the quietest was 2019, with 15,980 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 76% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 25 November 2018, with detections in 823 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 38,490 km² with at least one detection, 97% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 437 | 1.1% |
| 2 years | 807 | 2.1% |
| 3 to 5 years | 6,050 | 16% |
| 6 to 10 years | 25,170 | 65% |
| 11 years or more | 6,030 | 16% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 6.75, 29.25 and holds 9.1% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 20,320 | 23,291 |
| 2013 | 18,220 | 20,189 |
| 2014 | 21,920 | 26,663 |
| 2015 | 25,460 | 33,634 |
| 2016 | 21,450 | 25,705 |
| 2017 | 23,060 | 28,513 |
| 2018 | 23,760 | 30,117 |
| 2019 | 15,980 | 17,814 |
| 2020 | 22,910 | 29,046 |
| 2021 | 20,850 | 25,497 |
| 2022 | 21,210 | 25,613 |
| 2023 | 22,290 | 29,034 |
| 2024 | 22,500 | 28,553 |
| 2025 | 22,280 | 29,303 |
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
- 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
- Western Bahr el Ghazal123 km
- Warrap229 km
- Unity229 km
- Western Equatoria229 km
- Northern Bahr el Ghazal322 km
- Central Equatoria323 km