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Wildfires in Hoima
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 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 2,940 km² of Hoima at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 986 km², ranking 19th 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 1,560 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 463 km². The 2021–2025 average is 53% 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 88% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 31 January 2012, with detections in 141 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 2,940 km² with at least one detection, 79% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 270 | 9.2% |
| 2 years | 334 | 11% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,300 | 44% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,010 | 34% |
| 11 years or more | 31 | 1.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 1.25, 31.25 and holds 54% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,560 | 2,103 |
| 2013 | 1,130 | 1,308 |
| 2014 | 1,300 | 1,597 |
| 2015 | 1,400 | 1,727 |
| 2016 | 1,520 | 1,998 |
| 2017 | 1,290 | 1,650 |
| 2018 | 1,170 | 1,346 |
| 2019 | 710 | 732 |
| 2020 | 468 | 445 |
| 2021 | 699 | 731 |
| 2022 | 520 | 664 |
| 2023 | 864 | 1,117 |
| 2024 | 463 | 497 |
| 2025 | 702 | 845 |
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.