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Wildfires in Serere
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 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 881 km² of Serere at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 160 km², ranking 60th 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 270 km² detected; the quietest was 2020, with 31 km². The 2021–2025 average is 65% 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 78% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 12 January 2017, with detections in 21 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 881 km² with at least one detection, 41% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 320 | 36% |
| 2 years | 199 | 23% |
| 3 to 5 years | 303 | 34% |
| 6 to 10 years | 58 | 6.6% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 1.25, 33.25 and holds 43% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 216 | 206 |
| 2013 | 245 | 235 |
| 2014 | 256 | 249 |
| 2015 | 270 | 264 |
| 2016 | 222 | 227 |
| 2017 | 220 | 211 |
| 2018 | 121 | 106 |
| 2019 | 233 | 244 |
| 2020 | 31 | 26 |
| 2021 | 113 | 107 |
| 2022 | 77 | 69 |
| 2023 | 105 | 97 |
| 2024 | 32 | 29 |
| 2025 | 100 | 91 |
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
- Buyende0 km
- Nakasongola55 km
- Kayunga55 km
- Pallisa55 km
- Kaliro55 km
- Kaberamaido55 km