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Wildfires in Gulu
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 08:29 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 3,440 km² of Gulu at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 2,410 km², ranking 8th 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 2,960 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 1,810 km². The 2021–2025 average is 16% 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 86% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 6 January 2017, with detections in 297 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 3,440 km² with at least one detection, 98% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 24 | 0.7% |
| 2 years | 28 | 0.8% |
| 3 to 5 years | 178 | 5.2% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,660 | 48% |
| 11 years or more | 1,550 | 45% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 2.75, 32.25 and holds 47% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,260 | 2,857 |
| 2013 | 2,630 | 3,991 |
| 2014 | 2,550 | 3,499 |
| 2015 | 2,780 | 4,352 |
| 2016 | 2,960 | 5,418 |
| 2017 | 2,650 | 3,901 |
| 2018 | 2,540 | 3,686 |
| 2019 | 2,330 | 3,050 |
| 2020 | 1,860 | 2,567 |
| 2021 | 2,270 | 3,230 |
| 2022 | 2,150 | 2,740 |
| 2023 | 2,440 | 3,551 |
| 2024 | 1,810 | 2,263 |
| 2025 | 2,460 | 3,420 |
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.