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Wildfires in Abia State
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 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 4,160 km² of Abia State at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,090 km², ranking 31st of 37 regions of Nigeria.
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 2024, with 1,520 km² detected; the quietest was 2013, with 664 km². The 2021–2025 average is 51% 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.
January, February and March together hold 59% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 1 April 2017, with detections in 168 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 4,160 km² with at least one detection, 63% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 774 | 19% |
| 2 years | 781 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,770 | 42% |
| 6 to 10 years | 801 | 19% |
| 11 years or more | 42 | 1.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 5.75, 7.75 and holds 32% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 734 | 770 |
| 2013 | 664 | 726 |
| 2014 | 792 | 845 |
| 2015 | 914 | 973 |
| 2016 | 1,120 | 1,129 |
| 2017 | 1,410 | 1,506 |
| 2018 | 1,080 | 1,108 |
| 2019 | 829 | 858 |
| 2020 | 1,390 | 1,450 |
| 2021 | 1,430 | 1,549 |
| 2022 | 1,160 | 1,252 |
| 2023 | 1,280 | 1,414 |
| 2024 | 1,520 | 1,909 |
| 2025 | 979 | 1,112 |
Other regions of Nigeria
- Niger State30,340 km² in an average year
- Taraba State27,990 km² in an average year
- Kaduna State18,650 km² in an average year
- Borno State17,290 km² in an average year
- Benue State15,900 km² in an average year
- Kwara State14,990 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
- Ebonyi State55 km
- Imo State110 km
- Anambra State123 km
- Rivers State123 km
- Enugu State124 km
- Akwa Ibom State124 km