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Wildfires in Lamwo
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 5,690 km² of Lamwo at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 3,720 km², ranking 1st 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 4,560 km² detected; the quietest was 2019, with 2,460 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 82% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 21 December 2017, with detections in 248 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 5,690 km² with at least one detection, 100% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2.5 | 0.0% |
| 2 years | 4.9 | 0.1% |
| 3 to 5 years | 357 | 6.3% |
| 6 to 10 years | 3,700 | 65% |
| 11 years or more | 1,630 | 29% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 3.75, 32.75 and holds 33% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,640 | 2,898 |
| 2013 | 4,210 | 5,960 |
| 2014 | 3,450 | 4,241 |
| 2015 | 3,960 | 5,510 |
| 2016 | 4,560 | 7,130 |
| 2017 | 3,970 | 5,334 |
| 2018 | 3,750 | 4,922 |
| 2019 | 2,460 | 2,626 |
| 2020 | 3,800 | 5,136 |
| 2021 | 4,260 | 5,945 |
| 2022 | 3,090 | 3,628 |
| 2023 | 4,150 | 5,596 |
| 2024 | 3,640 | 4,664 |
| 2025 | 4,110 | 5,554 |
Other regions of Uganda
- 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
- 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.