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Wildfires in Far North
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 20,800 km² of Far North at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 6,850 km², ranking 6th of 10 regions of Cameroon.
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 2013, with 8,210 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 5,810 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of 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 53% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 22 February 2017, with detections in 181 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 20,800 km² with at least one detection, 61% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 4,980 | 24% |
| 2 years | 3,070 | 15% |
| 3 to 5 years | 5,500 | 26% |
| 6 to 10 years | 5,540 | 27% |
| 11 years or more | 1,710 | 8.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 11.25, 14.75 and holds 27% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6,400 | 6,742 |
| 2013 | 8,210 | 10,241 |
| 2014 | 6,380 | 7,534 |
| 2015 | 5,950 | 6,753 |
| 2016 | 6,970 | 8,418 |
| 2017 | 7,710 | 10,104 |
| 2018 | 6,260 | 7,626 |
| 2019 | 6,070 | 7,107 |
| 2020 | 7,460 | 9,480 |
| 2021 | 7,970 | 10,898 |
| 2022 | 5,810 | 7,371 |
| 2023 | 6,850 | 9,481 |
| 2024 | 6,160 | 8,334 |
| 2025 | 7,640 | 10,646 |
Other regions of Cameroon
- North34,290 km² in an average year
- Adamawa29,230 km² in an average year
- Centre16,740 km² in an average year
- East16,030 km² in an average year
- Northwest8,200 km² in an average year
- West5,950 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
- Chari-Baguirmi, Chad54 km
- Mayo-Kebbi Est, Chad155 km
- Borno State, Nigeria163 km
- Hadjer-Lamis, Chad166 km
- Mayo-Kebbi Ouest, Chad222 km
- Lac, Chad228 km