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Wildfires in Matheniko

Matheniko, Uganda, has had 69 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2018: 104,614 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 29% of its area. Fire danger today: high (FWI 22).

Only fires of 1,000 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. Thu 22 High 36° · 21 % · 29 km/h
  2. Fri 23 High 35° · 21 % · 28 km/h
  3. Sat 24 Moderate 35° · 22 % · 25 km/h
  4. Sun 25 High 34° · 27 % · 34 km/h
  5. Mon 26 High 35° · 24 % · 34 km/h
  6. Tue 27 Very low 30° · 52 % · 42 km/h
  7. Wed 28 Very low 31° · 40 % · 33 km/h
  8. Thu 29 Very low 32° · 36 % · 27 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.

The municipality and its fires

Since 2016

104,614
hectares burned
29 %
of its area
69
fires
3,654
km²

Hectares per year

1617181920212223242526

Fires that entered Matheniko

  1. 1,087 ha Matheniko fire, 5 January 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,079 ha in total · 3 days
  2. 1,106 ha Matheniko fire, 4 January 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,295 ha in total · 6 days
  3. 1,242 ha Matheniko fire, 5 December 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,233 ha in total · 1 day
  4. 67 ha Pian fire, December 2025 0.0% of the municipality · 1,120 ha in total · 2 days
  5. 1,012 ha Matheniko fire, 2 December 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,005 ha in total · 2 days
  6. 1,304 ha Matheniko fire, 1 December 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,294 ha in total · 3 days
  7. 1,492 ha Matheniko fire, 30 November 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,482 ha in total · 2 days
  8. 3,118 ha Matheniko fire, 25 November 2025 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 3,096 ha in total · 8 days
  9. 1,283 ha Matheniko fire, 23 November 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,274 ha in total · 3 days
  10. 1,161 ha Matheniko fire, 21 November 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,153 ha in total · 4 days
  11. 1,220 ha Matheniko fire, 21 November 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,211 ha in total · 1 day
  12. 3 ha Jie fire, 19 November 2025 0.0% of the municipality · 1,512 ha in total · 5 days
  13. 1,055 ha Matheniko fire, 11 November 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,048 ha in total · 1 day
  14. 638 ha Dodoth fire, 11 November 2025 0.2% of the municipality · 13,558 ha in total · 22 days
  15. 55 ha Pian fire, 9 November 2025 0.0% of the municipality · 1,391 ha in total · 8 days
  16. 1,482 ha Matheniko fire, January 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,472 ha in total · 2 days
  17. 1,195 ha Matheniko fire, 27 December 2024 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,187 ha in total · 1 day
  18. 1,413 ha Matheniko fire, 6 December 2024 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,453 ha in total · 2 days
  19. 1,860 ha Matheniko fire, 5 December 2024 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 1,847 ha in total · 3 days
  20. 1,046 ha Matheniko fire, 4 December 2024 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,039 ha in total · 5 days
  21. 1,133 ha Matheniko fire, 3 December 2024 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 2,230 ha in total · 5 days
  22. 1,191 ha Matheniko fire, 29 October 2022 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,183 ha in total · 1 day
  23. 1,263 ha Matheniko fire, 19 October 2022 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,254 ha in total · 3 days
  24. 1,075 ha Matheniko fire, 14 December 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,068 ha in total · 1 day
  25. 85 ha Bokora fire, 8 December 2021 0.0% of the municipality · 1,141 ha in total · 1 day
  26. 2,704 ha Matheniko fire, 2 December 2021 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 2,818 ha in total · 1 day
  27. 1,238 ha Matheniko fire, 1 December 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,315 ha in total · 2 days
  28. 2,630 ha Matheniko fire, 18 November 2021 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 2,612 ha in total · 1 day
  29. 458 ha Bokora fire, 15 November 2021 0.1% of the municipality · 1,484 ha in total · 1 day
  30. 2,511 ha Matheniko fire, 14 November 2021 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 2,494 ha in total · 1 day
  31. 2,673 ha Matheniko fire, 14 November 2021 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 3,494 ha in total · 3 days
  32. 1,050 ha Matheniko fire, 6 November 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,043 ha in total · 3 days
  33. 2,204 ha Matheniko fire, 3 February 2021 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,189 ha in total · 2 days
  34. 2,730 ha Matheniko fire, 2 February 2021 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,713 ha in total · 3 days
  35. 4,465 ha Matheniko fire, 29 January 2021 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 4,885 ha in total · 11 days
  36. 2,566 ha Matheniko fire, 23 January 2021 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 2,548 ha in total · 3 days
  37. 1,370 ha Matheniko fire, 27 December 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,361 ha in total · 4 days
  38. 7,427 ha Matheniko fire, 27 December 2020 where it started 2.0% of the municipality · 7,377 ha in total · 4 days
  39. 3,963 ha Matheniko fire, 26 December 2020 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 3,937 ha in total · 4 days
  40. 1,166 ha Matheniko fire, 26 December 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,158 ha in total · 2 days
  41. 1,173 ha Matheniko fire, 25 December 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,165 ha in total · 2 days
  42. 1,091 ha Matheniko fire, 25 December 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,084 ha in total · 2 days
  43. 2,398 ha Matheniko fire, 20 December 2020 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 2,381 ha in total · 5 days
  44. 1,024 ha Matheniko fire, 18 December 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,017 ha in total · 2 days
  45. 208 ha Bokora fire, 14 December 2020 0.1% of the municipality · 1,031 ha in total · 4 days
  46. 392 ha Bokora fire, 14 December 2020 0.1% of the municipality · 1,398 ha in total · 4 days
  47. 2,264 ha Matheniko fire, 13 December 2020 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,249 ha in total · 2 days
  48. 1,170 ha Matheniko fire, 12 December 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 2,441 ha in total · 9 days
  49. 1,433 ha Matheniko fire, 12 December 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,423 ha in total · 4 days
  50. 1,340 ha Matheniko fire, 11 December 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,331 ha in total · 1 day
  51. 1,431 ha Bokora fire, 10 December 2020 0.4% of the municipality · 2,952 ha in total · 4 days
  52. 1,107 ha Matheniko fire, 7 December 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,444 ha in total · 3 days
  53. 1,171 ha Matheniko fire, 6 December 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,163 ha in total · 2 days
  54. 1,507 ha Matheniko fire, 24 November 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,497 ha in total · 1 day
  55. 107 ha Bokora fire, 23 November 2020 0.0% of the municipality · 1,546 ha in total · 2 days
  56. 1,227 ha Matheniko fire, 22 November 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,218 ha in total · 3 days
  57. 1,332 ha Matheniko fire, 22 November 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,323 ha in total · 2 days
  58. 3,443 ha Matheniko fire, 19 November 2020 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 3,420 ha in total · 6 days
  59. 1,019 ha Matheniko fire, 17 November 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,012 ha in total · 2 days
  60. 1,118 ha Matheniko fire, 24 February 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,251 ha in total · 1 day
  61. 980 ha Matheniko fire, 8 February 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,456 ha in total · 1 day
  62. 1,792 ha Matheniko fire, January 2020 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 1,779 ha in total · 2 days
  63. 1,328 ha Matheniko fire, 28 September 2018 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,593 ha in total · 2 days
  64. 2,049 ha Matheniko fire, 25 September 2018 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,036 ha in total · 5 days
  65. 1,586 ha Matheniko fire, 23 September 2018 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,576 ha in total · 1 day
  66. 1,236 ha Matheniko fire, 7 September 2018 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,228 ha in total · 4 days
  67. 1,119 ha Matheniko fire, 15 January 2018 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,112 ha in total · 1 day
  68. 1,124 ha Matheniko fire, 15 January 2018 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,117 ha in total · 1 day
  69. 707 ha Jie fire, January 2018 0.2% of the municipality · 1,397 ha in total · 3 days

Where this data comes from

Perimeters come from GWIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0), rebuilt from heat detections, and municipal boundaries from geoBoundaries/geoBoundaries, Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain). The area per municipality is computed by WorldFires by crossing both. The forecast is from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).