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Wildfires in Kaabong
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 7,120 km² of Kaabong at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 3,280 km², ranking 2nd 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 2025, with 4,320 km² detected; the quietest was 2019, with 1,900 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of 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 69% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 22 November 2025, with detections in 188 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 7,120 km² with at least one detection, 93% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 209 | 2.9% |
| 2 years | 257 | 3.6% |
| 3 to 5 years | 2,020 | 28% |
| 6 to 10 years | 4,270 | 60% |
| 11 years or more | 354 | 5.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 3.75, 33.75 and holds 32% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3,380 | 3,588 |
| 2013 | 4,030 | 4,901 |
| 2014 | 2,720 | 2,812 |
| 2015 | 3,160 | 3,460 |
| 2016 | 3,550 | 4,179 |
| 2017 | 2,180 | 2,153 |
| 2018 | 3,570 | 3,972 |
| 2019 | 1,900 | 1,874 |
| 2020 | 3,970 | 4,961 |
| 2021 | 3,870 | 4,541 |
| 2022 | 2,980 | 3,128 |
| 2023 | 2,930 | 3,107 |
| 2024 | 3,370 | 3,712 |
| 2025 | 4,320 | 5,143 |
Other regions of Uganda
- Lamwo3,720 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
- Kitgum2,440 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.