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Wildfires in Nwoya
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 4,390 km² of Nwoya at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 2,860 km², ranking 3rd 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 3,460 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 2,140 km². The 2021–2025 average is 16% 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.
December, January and February together hold 86% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 6 January 2017, with detections in 344 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 4,390 km² with at least one detection, 97% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 58 | 1.3% |
| 2 years | 67 | 1.5% |
| 3 to 5 years | 390 | 8.9% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2,260 | 52% |
| 11 years or more | 1,610 | 37% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 2.75, 31.75 and holds 46% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,650 | 3,322 |
| 2013 | 3,230 | 4,915 |
| 2014 | 2,890 | 3,890 |
| 2015 | 3,380 | 4,815 |
| 2016 | 3,460 | 5,887 |
| 2017 | 3,200 | 4,984 |
| 2018 | 2,800 | 3,825 |
| 2019 | 2,950 | 3,880 |
| 2020 | 2,330 | 3,097 |
| 2021 | 2,710 | 3,476 |
| 2022 | 2,420 | 2,968 |
| 2023 | 2,930 | 3,850 |
| 2024 | 2,140 | 2,558 |
| 2025 | 2,960 | 3,842 |
Other regions of Uganda
- Lamwo3,720 km² in an average year
- Kaabong3,280 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.