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Wildfires in North
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 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 62,790 km² of North at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 34,290 km², ranking 1st 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 37,700 km² detected; the quietest was 2023, with 30,240 km². The 2021–2025 average is 5.9% 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 82% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 11 December 2012, with detections in 922 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 62,790 km² with at least one detection, 92% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,510 | 4.0% |
| 2 years | 2,290 | 3.6% |
| 3 to 5 years | 9,590 | 15% |
| 6 to 10 years | 37,760 | 60% |
| 11 years or more | 10,640 | 17% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 8.25, 13.75 and holds 7.0% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 34,390 | 38,751 |
| 2013 | 37,700 | 45,934 |
| 2014 | 33,970 | 39,558 |
| 2015 | 32,480 | 36,836 |
| 2016 | 37,500 | 47,065 |
| 2017 | 35,250 | 41,946 |
| 2018 | 34,130 | 40,167 |
| 2019 | 32,530 | 36,944 |
| 2020 | 36,520 | 45,102 |
| 2021 | 33,410 | 38,877 |
| 2022 | 31,770 | 36,716 |
| 2023 | 30,240 | 34,580 |
| 2024 | 33,360 | 39,437 |
| 2025 | 36,810 | 44,848 |
Other regions of Cameroon
- 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
- Far North6,850 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
- Mayo-Kebbi Ouest, Chad156 km
- Adamawa State, Nigeria220 km
- Logone Occidental, Chad226 km
- Adamawa229 km
- Ouham-Pendé Prefecture, Central African Republic246 km
- Logone Oriental, Chad275 km