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Wildfires in Buvuma
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 221 km² of Buvuma at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 29 km², ranking 101st 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 2012, with 64 km² detected; the quietest was 2014, with 12 km². The 2021–2025 average is 55% 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 53% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 13 February 2012, with detections in 9 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 221 km² with at least one detection, 24% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 123 | 56% |
| 2 years | 46 | 21% |
| 3 to 5 years | 50 | 22% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2.4 | 1.1% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 0.25, 33.25 and holds 99% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 64 | 70 |
| 2013 | 35 | 41 |
| 2014 | 12 | 10 |
| 2015 | 54 | 49 |
| 2016 | 42 | 39 |
| 2017 | 38 | 36 |
| 2018 | 35 | 31 |
| 2019 | 15 | 13 |
| 2020 | 12 | 10 |
| 2021 | 21 | 18 |
| 2022 | 19 | 15 |
| 2023 | 17 | 14 |
| 2024 | 12 | 10 |
| 2025 | 24 | 19 |
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.