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Wildfires in Butaleja
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 07:28 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 259 km² of Butaleja at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 59 km², ranking 86th 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 2014, with 118 km² detected; the quietest was 2020, with 5.0 km². The 2021–2025 average is 27% 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.
January, February and March together hold 80% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 4 March 2014, with detections in 13 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 259 km² with at least one detection, 55% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 74 | 29% |
| 2 years | 42 | 16% |
| 3 to 5 years | 95 | 37% |
| 6 to 10 years | 47 | 18% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 0.75, 33.75 and holds 96% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 37 | 38 |
| 2013 | 40 | 41 |
| 2014 | 118 | 152 |
| 2015 | 73 | 68 |
| 2016 | 95 | 113 |
| 2017 | 62 | 63 |
| 2018 | 52 | 56 |
| 2019 | 83 | 125 |
| 2020 | 5.0 | 4 |
| 2021 | 51 | 48 |
| 2022 | 60 | 70 |
| 2023 | 48 | 56 |
| 2024 | 47 | 47 |
| 2025 | 61 | 71 |
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.