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Wildfires in Adamawa State
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 09:22 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 22,540 km² of Adamawa State at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 6,860 km², ranking 13th 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 2013, with 7,550 km² detected; the quietest was 2023, with 6,060 km². The 2021–2025 average is 10% 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 87% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 4 February 2023, with detections in 277 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 22,540 km² with at least one detection, 60% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 5,510 | 24% |
| 2 years | 3,540 | 16% |
| 3 to 5 years | 6,250 | 28% |
| 6 to 10 years | 6,260 | 28% |
| 11 years or more | 974 | 4.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 8.25, 11.75 and holds 17% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 7,430 | 7,701 |
| 2013 | 7,550 | 7,959 |
| 2014 | 7,200 | 7,647 |
| 2015 | 7,170 | 7,468 |
| 2016 | 7,200 | 7,589 |
| 2017 | 6,940 | 7,588 |
| 2018 | 6,620 | 7,331 |
| 2019 | 6,750 | 7,305 |
| 2020 | 6,290 | 7,196 |
| 2021 | 6,920 | 7,935 |
| 2022 | 6,620 | 7,433 |
| 2023 | 6,060 | 6,780 |
| 2024 | 6,840 | 7,591 |
| 2025 | 6,420 | 7,213 |
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
- Taraba State199 km
- North, Cameroon220 km
- Plateau State226 km
- Northwest, Cameroon234 km
- Adamawa, Cameroon277 km
- Centre, Cameroon277 km