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Wildfires in Napak
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 5,840 km² of Napak at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 2,600 km², ranking 5th 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 3,830 km² detected; the quietest was 2019, with 1,140 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.
November, December and January together hold 71% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 22 November 2025, with detections in 215 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 5,840 km² with at least one detection, 90% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 241 | 4.1% |
| 2 years | 328 | 5.6% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,850 | 32% |
| 6 to 10 years | 3,030 | 52% |
| 11 years or more | 391 | 6.7% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 2.25, 34.25 and holds 49% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,540 | 2,722 |
| 2013 | 3,100 | 3,837 |
| 2014 | 2,650 | 2,998 |
| 2015 | 2,350 | 2,609 |
| 2016 | 2,670 | 3,301 |
| 2017 | 2,130 | 2,295 |
| 2018 | 3,050 | 3,682 |
| 2019 | 1,140 | 1,133 |
| 2020 | 3,830 | 5,325 |
| 2021 | 2,710 | 3,145 |
| 2022 | 2,000 | 2,028 |
| 2023 | 2,160 | 2,389 |
| 2024 | 2,920 | 3,512 |
| 2025 | 3,070 | 3,736 |
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
- 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.