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Wildfires in Northwest
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 16,290 km² of Northwest at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 8,200 km², ranking 5th 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 2020, with 9,490 km² detected; the quietest was 2013, with 6,320 km². The 2021–2025 average is 19% higher 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 83% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 1 March 2023, with detections in 472 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 16,290 km² with at least one detection, 90% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 788 | 4.8% |
| 2 years | 844 | 5.2% |
| 3 to 5 years | 3,830 | 24% |
| 6 to 10 years | 8,080 | 50% |
| 11 years or more | 2,740 | 17% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 6.75, 10.25 and holds 22% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6,650 | 7,815 |
| 2013 | 6,320 | 7,527 |
| 2014 | 7,560 | 9,371 |
| 2015 | 8,000 | 10,340 |
| 2016 | 9,050 | 11,971 |
| 2017 | 9,140 | 12,072 |
| 2018 | 6,990 | 8,748 |
| 2019 | 7,010 | 8,779 |
| 2020 | 9,490 | 12,932 |
| 2021 | 8,980 | 11,519 |
| 2022 | 9,040 | 12,221 |
| 2023 | 8,390 | 10,647 |
| 2024 | 9,210 | 12,664 |
| 2025 | 9,010 | 11,761 |
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
- 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
- Taraba State, Nigeria55 km
- Southwest78 km
- Cross River State, Nigeria165 km
- West175 km
- Centre199 km
- Benue State, Nigeria227 km