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Wildfires in Akwa Ibom State
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 12:28 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 4,910 km² of Akwa Ibom State at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 920 km², ranking 33rd 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 2017, with 1,400 km² detected; the quietest was 2013, with 551 km². The 2021–2025 average is 34% 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 71% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 16 March 2017, with detections in 141 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 4,910 km² with at least one detection, 43% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,510 | 31% |
| 2 years | 1,310 | 27% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,760 | 36% |
| 6 to 10 years | 327 | 6.7% |
| 11 years or more | 7.4 | 0.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 4.75, 8.25 and holds 40% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 694 | 816 |
| 2013 | 551 | 726 |
| 2014 | 615 | 785 |
| 2015 | 827 | 1,066 |
| 2016 | 1,110 | 1,333 |
| 2017 | 1,400 | 1,691 |
| 2018 | 682 | 901 |
| 2019 | 649 | 759 |
| 2020 | 1,250 | 1,355 |
| 2021 | 1,180 | 1,332 |
| 2022 | 921 | 1,005 |
| 2023 | 928 | 1,070 |
| 2024 | 1,180 | 1,375 |
| 2025 | 883 | 1,204 |
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
- Abia State124 km
- Rivers State175 km
- Littoral, Cameroon175 km
- Ebonyi State175 km
- Imo State199 km
- Cross River State229 km