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Wildfires in Soroti
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 653 km² of Soroti at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 114 km², ranking 69th 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 203 km² detected; the quietest was 2020, with 7.4 km². The 2021–2025 average is 58% 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 86% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 8 January 2022, with detections in 16 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 653 km² with at least one detection, 34% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 263 | 40% |
| 2 years | 166 | 25% |
| 3 to 5 years | 183 | 28% |
| 6 to 10 years | 41 | 6.3% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 1.75, 33.75 and holds 50% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 125 | 111 |
| 2013 | 108 | 108 |
| 2014 | 157 | 162 |
| 2015 | 203 | 190 |
| 2016 | 187 | 193 |
| 2017 | 170 | 161 |
| 2018 | 121 | 117 |
| 2019 | 192 | 202 |
| 2020 | 7.4 | 6 |
| 2021 | 82 | 90 |
| 2022 | 88 | 87 |
| 2023 | 64 | 64 |
| 2024 | 42 | 40 |
| 2025 | 50 | 46 |
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
- Nakapiripirit55 km
- Katakwi55 km
- Kaberamaido55 km
- Dokolo55 km
- Amuria55 km
- Pallisa55 km