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Wildfires in Kotido
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 3,300 km² of Kotido at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,480 km², ranking 13th 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 2020, with 2,100 km² detected; the quietest was 2019, with 761 km². The 2021–2025 average is 11% higher 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.
November, December and January together hold 70% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 22 November 2025, with detections in 187 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 3,300 km² with at least one detection, 90% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 162 | 4.9% |
| 2 years | 163 | 4.9% |
| 3 to 5 years | 927 | 28% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,890 | 57% |
| 11 years or more | 166 | 5.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 3.25, 33.75 and holds 39% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,450 | 1,502 |
| 2013 | 1,680 | 2,013 |
| 2014 | 1,230 | 1,222 |
| 2015 | 1,180 | 1,293 |
| 2016 | 1,490 | 1,788 |
| 2017 | 1,410 | 1,536 |
| 2018 | 1,600 | 1,832 |
| 2019 | 761 | 741 |
| 2020 | 2,100 | 2,839 |
| 2021 | 1,540 | 1,687 |
| 2022 | 1,240 | 1,282 |
| 2023 | 1,340 | 1,437 |
| 2024 | 1,650 | 1,834 |
| 2025 | 2,030 | 2,418 |
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.