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Wildfires in Ibba

Ibba, South Sudan, has had 73 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 618,614 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 64% of its area. Fire danger today: high (FWI 38).

Only fires of 5,000 ha or more get an entry: smaller ones are not in the lists or the totals on this page.

Fire danger, today and the coming days

FWI computed from the Open-Meteo forecast
  1. Sat 14 High 35° · 26 % · 33 km/h
  2. Sun 15 High 37° · 23 % · 35 km/h
  3. Mon 16 Very high 39° · 21 % · 31 km/h
  4. Tue 17 Very high 38° · 23 % · 34 km/h
  5. Wed 18 High 36° · 31 % · 32 km/h
  6. Thu 19 High 36° · 29 % · 35 km/h
  7. Fri 20 Very high 38° · 19 % · 43 km/h
  8. Sat 21 Very high 38° · 22 % · 41 km/h

Canadian Fire Weather Index, the same system Copernicus uses, computed by WorldFires from the weather forecast and two months of past weather for fuel state. It is an estimate per municipality, not an official warning: warnings are issued by each country’s emergency service. Put this widget on your website

Smoke today in Ibba: hourly forecast

The municipality and its fires

Since 2016

618,614
hectares burned
64 %
of its area
73
fires
9,673
km²

How many times has Ibba burned?

Ibba has burned 73 times since 2016, in 10 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Wulu fire, 25 January 2026, with 2,152 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 14× 16
  2. 7× 17
  3. 4× 18
  4. 2× 19
  5. 5× 20
  6. 5× 21
  7. 5× 22
  8.   23
  9. 8× 24
  10. 17× 25
  11. 6× 26
73
fires
10
years with fire
618,614
cumulative ha
25 Jan 2026
most recent

Fires larger than 5,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016 that reached the municipality, even partly. Cumulative hectares add up every fire; the distinct area counts land that burned several times only once. Perimeters and boundaries overlaid by WorldFires.

Where it has burned most often in South Sudan

Fires that entered Ibba

  1. 2,152 ha Wulu fire, 25 January 2026 0.2% of the municipality · 12,607 ha in total · 10 days
  2. 1,294 ha Ibba fire, 2 January 2026 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 16,116 ha in total · 15 days
  3. 1,536 ha Yambio fire, 1 January 2026 0.2% of the municipality · 26,288 ha in total · 23 days
  4. 5,891 ha Yambio fire, 1 January 2026 0.6% of the municipality · 7,695 ha in total · 9 days
  5. 6,190 ha Ibba fire, 1 January 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 6,149 ha in total · 15 days
  6. 6,572 ha Ibba fire, 1 January 2026 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 6,525 ha in total · 5 days
  7. 7,027 ha Ibba fire, 30 December 2025 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 6,978 ha in total · 9 days
  8. 14,364 ha Ibba fire, 23 December 2025 where it started 1.5% of the municipality · 14,512 ha in total · 24 days
  9. 35,488 ha Ibba fire, 18 December 2025 where it started 3.7% of the municipality · 72,281 ha in total · 39 days
  10. 5,125 ha Ibba fire, 17 December 2025 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,087 ha in total · 5 days
  11. 5,193 ha Ibba fire, 14 December 2025 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,155 ha in total · 8 days
  12. 5,784 ha Ibba fire, 11 December 2025 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 5,746 ha in total · 16 days
  13. 5,596 ha Ibba fire, 11 December 2025 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 5,560 ha in total · 18 days
  14. 27,716 ha Ibba fire, 8 December 2025 where it started 2.9% of the municipality · 98,106 ha in total · 52 days
  15. 5,888 ha Ibba fire, 7 December 2025 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 5,850 ha in total · 15 days
  16. 14,305 ha Ibba fire, 7 December 2025 where it started 1.5% of the municipality · 14,207 ha in total · 18 days
  17. 11,334 ha Ibba fire, 7 December 2025 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 11,254 ha in total · 22 days
  18. 9,477 ha Ibba fire, 4 December 2025 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 14,521 ha in total · 17 days
  19. 28,147 ha Yambio fire, December 2025 2.9% of the municipality · 32,130 ha in total · 32 days
  20. 6,384 ha Ibba fire, 11 January 2025 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 6,442 ha in total · 6 days
  21. 5,524 ha Ibba fire, 4 January 2025 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 5,484 ha in total · 7 days
  22. 8,552 ha Ibba fire, 2 January 2025 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 10,299 ha in total · 11 days
  23. 7,542 ha Ibba fire, 1 January 2025 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 10,986 ha in total · 10 days
  24. 6,029 ha Ibba fire, 30 December 2024 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 13,866 ha in total · 14 days
  25. 4,431 ha Ibba fire, 15 December 2024 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,411 ha in total · 26 days
  26. 14,393 ha Ibba fire, 10 January 2024 where it started 1.5% of the municipality · 14,287 ha in total · 20 days
  27. 509 ha Ibba fire, 9 January 2024 where it started 0.0% of the municipality · 23,617 ha in total · 21 days
  28. 10,434 ha Ibba fire, 9 January 2024 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 10,358 ha in total · 13 days
  29. 2,516 ha Yambio fire, 7 January 2024 0.3% of the municipality · 6,710 ha in total · 3 days
  30. 252 ha Wulu fire, 4 January 2024 0.0% of the municipality · 12,941 ha in total · 11 days
  31. 583 ha Wulu fire, 4 January 2024 0.1% of the municipality · 5,022 ha in total · 9 days
  32. 7,350 ha Ibba fire, December 2022 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 8,076 ha in total · 7 days
  33. 5,616 ha Ibba fire, 20 January 2022 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 5,657 ha in total · 12 days
  34. 8,822 ha Ibba fire, 5 January 2022 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 8,756 ha in total · 4 days
  35. 5,092 ha Ibba fire, 2 January 2022 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,057 ha in total · 14 days
  36. 6,533 ha Yambio fire, January 2022 0.7% of the municipality · 13,861 ha in total · 9 days
  37. 12,130 ha Ibba fire, 16 January 2021 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 12,044 ha in total · 13 days
  38. 12,748 ha Ibba fire, 5 January 2021 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 12,655 ha in total · 14 days
  39. 10,320 ha Ibba fire, 5 January 2021 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 10,247 ha in total · 7 days
  40. 4,277 ha Wulu fire, January 2021 0.4% of the municipality · 11,591 ha in total · 8 days
  41. 15,808 ha Ibba fire, 1 January 2021 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 21,834 ha in total · 10 days
  42. 621 ha Wulu fire, 16 December 2020 0.1% of the municipality · 14,368 ha in total · 6 days
  43. 2,735 ha Yambio fire, 13 December 2020 0.3% of the municipality · 6,457 ha in total · 9 days
  44. 5,923 ha Ibba fire, February 2020 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 7,038 ha in total · 5 days
  45. 9,448 ha Yambio fire, 5 January 2020 1.0% of the municipality · 18,919 ha in total · 13 days
  46. 14,784 ha Ibba fire, January 2020 where it started 1.5% of the municipality · 14,680 ha in total · 21 days
  47. 3,690 ha Ibba fire, 28 December 2019 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 25,152 ha in total · 27 days
  48. 6,321 ha Ibba fire, 23 December 2019 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 14,978 ha in total · 28 days
  49. 5,332 ha Ibba fire, 15 December 2018 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 5,295 ha in total · 14 days
  50. 5,172 ha Ibba fire, 15 December 2018 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,137 ha in total · 13 days
  51. 1,948 ha Yambio fire, 8 December 2018 0.2% of the municipality · 69,626 ha in total · 37 days
  52. 46,443 ha Ibba fire, 7 December 2018 where it started 4.8% of the municipality · 56,441 ha in total · 38 days
  53. 5,187 ha Ibba fire, 22 December 2017 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,152 ha in total · 7 days
  54. 5,295 ha Ibba fire, 21 December 2017 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 5,258 ha in total · 13 days
  55. 5,476 ha Ibba fire, 15 December 2017 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 5,438 ha in total · 17 days
  56. 21,359 ha Ibba fire, 14 December 2017 where it started 2.2% of the municipality · 21,208 ha in total · 18 days
  57. 44,878 ha Ibba fire, 14 December 2017 where it started 4.6% of the municipality · 50,268 ha in total · 34 days
  58. 12,948 ha Ibba fire, 12 December 2017 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 14,089 ha in total · 8 days
  59. 457 ha Yambio fire, 4 December 2017 0.0% of the municipality · 6,035 ha in total · 12 days
  60. 5,508 ha Ibba fire, 28 December 2016 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 5,471 ha in total · 12 days
  61. 1,557 ha Maridi fire, 26 December 2016 0.2% of the municipality · 6,130 ha in total · 13 days
  62. 12,612 ha Ibba fire, 18 December 2016 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 25,621 ha in total · 27 days
  63. 5,652 ha Ibba fire, 17 December 2016 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 6,671 ha in total · 3 days
  64. 6,029 ha Ibba fire, 10 December 2016 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 5,987 ha in total · 11 days
  65. 3,072 ha Ibba fire, 10 December 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 6,738 ha in total · 12 days
  66. 5,135 ha Ibba fire, 7 December 2016 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,623 ha in total · 10 days
  67. 5,012 ha Ibba fire, 5 December 2016 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 36,364 ha in total · 28 days
  68. 1,316 ha Wulu fire, 5 December 2016 0.1% of the municipality · 61,053 ha in total · 27 days
  69. 5,821 ha Ibba fire, 4 December 2016 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 5,977 ha in total · 27 days
  70. 2,550 ha Yambio fire, 2 December 2016 0.3% of the municipality · 134,731 ha in total · 41 days
  71. 5,350 ha Ibba fire, 9 January 2016 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 15,445 ha in total · 11 days
  72. 851 ha Wulu fire, 7 January 2016 0.1% of the municipality · 7,217 ha in total · 7 days
  73. 5,207 ha Ibba fire, 5 January 2016 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,623 ha in total · 12 days

Where this data comes from

Perimeters come from GWIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0), rebuilt from heat detections, and municipal boundaries from geoBoundaries/South Sudan Information Management Working Group (IMWG), National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), and OCHA, OCHA South Sudan (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO)). The area per municipality is computed by WorldFires by crossing both. The forecast is from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

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