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Wildfires in Zou
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 4,770 km² of Zou at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,860 km², ranking 6th of 12 regions of Benin.
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 2,750 km² detected; the quietest was 2023, with 1,140 km². The 2021–2025 average is 34% 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 90% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 3 January 2013, with detections in 190 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 4,770 km² with at least one detection, 81% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 465 | 10% |
| 2 years | 441 | 9.2% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,620 | 34% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,990 | 42% |
| 11 years or more | 254 | 5.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 7.25, 2.25 and holds 56% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,910 | 2,058 |
| 2013 | 2,740 | 3,594 |
| 2014 | 1,980 | 2,275 |
| 2015 | 2,750 | 3,741 |
| 2016 | 1,690 | 1,917 |
| 2017 | 2,040 | 2,407 |
| 2018 | 1,810 | 2,064 |
| 2019 | 1,720 | 1,883 |
| 2020 | 2,060 | 2,594 |
| 2021 | 1,710 | 1,932 |
| 2022 | 1,730 | 1,968 |
| 2023 | 1,140 | 1,183 |
| 2024 | 1,480 | 1,734 |
| 2025 | 1,280 | 1,404 |
Other regions of Benin
- Alibori11,720 km² in an average year
- Atakora11,430 km² in an average year
- Borgou8,870 km² in an average year
- Collines5,940 km² in an average year
- Donga4,450 km² in an average year
- Plateau1,160 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
- Plateau55 km
- Kouffo55 km
- Atlantique55 km
- Ouémé55 km
- Mono78 km
- Ogun State, Nigeria110 km