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Wildfires in Arua
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 3,690 km² of Arua at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,860 km², ranking 11th 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 2,270 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 1,320 km². The 2021–2025 average is 7.2% 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 87% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 4 January 2013, with detections in 149 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 3,690 km² with at least one detection, 84% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 333 | 9.0% |
| 2 years | 251 | 6.8% |
| 3 to 5 years | 525 | 14% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2,000 | 54% |
| 11 years or more | 574 | 16% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 2.75, 31.25 and holds 55% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,400 | 1,463 |
| 2013 | 1,970 | 2,599 |
| 2014 | 1,860 | 2,258 |
| 2015 | 2,090 | 2,650 |
| 2016 | 2,270 | 3,083 |
| 2017 | 2,190 | 2,688 |
| 2018 | 1,930 | 2,382 |
| 2019 | 1,510 | 1,655 |
| 2020 | 1,920 | 2,510 |
| 2021 | 1,830 | 2,349 |
| 2022 | 1,320 | 1,428 |
| 2023 | 1,940 | 2,516 |
| 2024 | 1,710 | 2,104 |
| 2025 | 2,100 | 2,915 |
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
- Amuru2,710 km² in an average year
- Napak2,600 km² in an average year
- Pader2,480 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.