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Wildfires in Masaka
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 838 km² of Masaka at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 195 km², ranking 54th 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 2015, with 314 km² detected; the quietest was 2023, with 110 km². The 2021–2025 average is 42% 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 43% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 19 February 2014, with detections in 24 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 838 km² with at least one detection, 50% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 249 | 30% |
| 2 years | 166 | 20% |
| 3 to 5 years | 270 | 32% |
| 6 to 10 years | 146 | 17% |
| 11 years or more | 6.2 | 0.7% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -0.25, 31.75 and holds 72% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 203 | 200 |
| 2013 | 312 | 349 |
| 2014 | 171 | 183 |
| 2015 | 314 | 341 |
| 2016 | 301 | 351 |
| 2017 | 186 | 205 |
| 2018 | 240 | 234 |
| 2019 | 139 | 137 |
| 2020 | 118 | 100 |
| 2021 | 162 | 149 |
| 2022 | 157 | 152 |
| 2023 | 110 | 104 |
| 2024 | 124 | 126 |
| 2025 | 197 | 229 |
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.