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Wildfires in Unity
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 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 34,560 km² of Unity at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 14,980 km², ranking 10th 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 2018, with 19,790 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 7,200 km². The 2021–2025 average is 33% 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.
December, January and February together hold 61% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 23 December 2015, with detections in 413 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 34,560 km² with at least one detection, 90% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,510 | 4.4% |
| 2 years | 2,100 | 6.1% |
| 3 to 5 years | 11,010 | 32% |
| 6 to 10 years | 18,290 | 53% |
| 11 years or more | 1,650 | 4.8% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 8.75, 29.75 and holds 11% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 15,850 | 18,236 |
| 2013 | 15,490 | 17,412 |
| 2014 | 13,460 | 15,032 |
| 2015 | 17,390 | 22,269 |
| 2016 | 19,230 | 24,937 |
| 2017 | 19,220 | 25,168 |
| 2018 | 19,790 | 26,938 |
| 2019 | 16,990 | 21,467 |
| 2020 | 17,810 | 22,469 |
| 2021 | 10,920 | 13,002 |
| 2022 | 7,200 | 8,003 |
| 2023 | 10,650 | 13,910 |
| 2024 | 13,660 | 21,380 |
| 2025 | 12,100 | 18,119 |
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
- Warrap109 km
- Lakes229 km
- South Kordofan, Sudan234 km
- Western Bahr el Ghazal234 km
- Northern Bahr el Ghazal334 km
- East Darfur, Sudan347 km