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Wildfires in Nakasongola
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 10:26 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 3,050 km² of Nakasongola at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 791 km², ranking 26th 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 1,280 km² detected; the quietest was 2020, with 263 km². The 2021–2025 average is 32% 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 79% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 5 March 2016, with detections in 81 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 3,050 km² with at least one detection, 64% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 525 | 17% |
| 2 years | 576 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,330 | 44% |
| 6 to 10 years | 608 | 20% |
| 11 years or more | 6.2 | 0.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 1.25, 32.75 and holds 47% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 593 | 630 |
| 2013 | 762 | 744 |
| 2014 | 866 | 912 |
| 2015 | 1,280 | 1,499 |
| 2016 | 1,170 | 1,474 |
| 2017 | 1,200 | 1,390 |
| 2018 | 814 | 942 |
| 2019 | 961 | 1,066 |
| 2020 | 263 | 275 |
| 2021 | 685 | 733 |
| 2022 | 605 | 620 |
| 2023 | 588 | 655 |
| 2024 | 388 | 419 |
| 2025 | 891 | 995 |
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.