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Wildfires in Katakwi
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 1,880 km² of Katakwi at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 853 km², ranking 22nd 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 1,260 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 560 km². The 2021–2025 average is 28% 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 72% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 27 January 2012, with detections in 54 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,880 km² with at least one detection, 81% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 199 | 11% |
| 2 years | 158 | 8.4% |
| 3 to 5 years | 391 | 21% |
| 6 to 10 years | 930 | 49% |
| 11 years or more | 204 | 11% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 1.75, 34.25 and holds 42% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 808 | 843 |
| 2013 | 1,070 | 1,585 |
| 2014 | 866 | 964 |
| 2015 | 967 | 1,199 |
| 2016 | 1,260 | 1,776 |
| 2017 | 759 | 831 |
| 2018 | 988 | 1,255 |
| 2019 | 756 | 851 |
| 2020 | 906 | 1,291 |
| 2021 | 846 | 997 |
| 2022 | 560 | 592 |
| 2023 | 727 | 905 |
| 2024 | 658 | 802 |
| 2025 | 773 | 948 |
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.