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Wildfires in Western Equatoria
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 15:22 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 81,590 km² of Western Equatoria at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 55,660 km², ranking 2nd 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 2016, with 63,410 km² detected; the quietest was 2019, with 42,170 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 88% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 29 December 2014, with detections in 3,295 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 81,590 km² with at least one detection, 100% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 157 | 0.2% |
| 2 years | 215 | 0.3% |
| 3 to 5 years | 2,560 | 3.1% |
| 6 to 10 years | 50,600 | 62% |
| 11 years or more | 28,050 | 34% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 4.75, 28.75 and holds 4.6% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 42,290 | 47,973 |
| 2013 | 51,210 | 64,213 |
| 2014 | 61,870 | 87,505 |
| 2015 | 59,800 | 83,373 |
| 2016 | 63,410 | 90,506 |
| 2017 | 56,680 | 73,394 |
| 2018 | 59,680 | 81,159 |
| 2019 | 42,170 | 49,078 |
| 2020 | 63,230 | 91,408 |
| 2021 | 54,620 | 70,250 |
| 2022 | 55,080 | 69,755 |
| 2023 | 52,370 | 65,786 |
| 2024 | 58,240 | 77,948 |
| 2025 | 58,550 | 78,268 |
Other regions of South Sudan
- Western Bahr el Ghazal56,430 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
- 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
- Orientale, Democratic Republic of the Congo175 km
- Central Equatoria228 km
- Lakes229 km
- Koboko, Uganda248 km
- Western Bahr el Ghazal283 km
- Yumbe, Uganda298 km