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Wildfires in Masindi
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 3,580 km² of Masindi at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,250 km², ranking 15th 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 1,760 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 607 km². The 2021–2025 average is 41% 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 84% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 31 January 2012, with detections in 128 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 3,580 km² with at least one detection, 76% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 391 | 11% |
| 2 years | 462 | 13% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,340 | 37% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,270 | 35% |
| 11 years or more | 120 | 3.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 1.75, 31.75 and holds 42% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,730 | 2,014 |
| 2013 | 1,410 | 1,630 |
| 2014 | 1,380 | 1,520 |
| 2015 | 1,740 | 2,106 |
| 2016 | 1,760 | 2,320 |
| 2017 | 1,680 | 2,050 |
| 2018 | 1,470 | 1,684 |
| 2019 | 1,060 | 1,142 |
| 2020 | 614 | 607 |
| 2021 | 991 | 1,081 |
| 2022 | 890 | 892 |
| 2023 | 1,080 | 1,199 |
| 2024 | 607 | 592 |
| 2025 | 1,120 | 1,261 |
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.
Nearby regions
- Kiryandongo55 km
- Apac55 km
- Buliisa55 km
- Kyankwanzi55 km
- Oyam78 km
- Hoima78 km