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Wildfires in Amuru
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 3,630 km² of Amuru at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 2,710 km², ranking 4th of 112 regions of Uganda.
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 3,190 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 2,180 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 86% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 6 January 2017, with detections in 251 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 3,630 km² with at least one detection, 99% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 9.9 | 0.3% |
| 2 years | 8.7 | 0.2% |
| 3 to 5 years | 67 | 1.8% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,550 | 43% |
| 11 years or more | 1,990 | 55% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 3.25, 32.25 and holds 38% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,180 | 2,735 |
| 2013 | 2,900 | 4,601 |
| 2014 | 2,700 | 3,876 |
| 2015 | 2,970 | 4,565 |
| 2016 | 3,190 | 5,772 |
| 2017 | 2,840 | 4,284 |
| 2018 | 2,880 | 4,386 |
| 2019 | 2,470 | 3,270 |
| 2020 | 2,410 | 3,487 |
| 2021 | 2,930 | 4,767 |
| 2022 | 2,420 | 3,313 |
| 2023 | 2,880 | 4,390 |
| 2024 | 2,420 | 3,331 |
| 2025 | 2,690 | 4,004 |
Other regions of Uganda
- Lamwo3,720 km² in an average year
- Kaabong3,280 km² in an average year
- Nwoya2,860 km² in an average year
- Napak2,600 km² in an average year
- Pader2,480 km² in an average year
- Kitgum2,440 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.