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Wildfires in Bayelsa 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 1,490 km² of Bayelsa State at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 240 km², ranking 37th 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 421 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 120 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.
December, January and February together hold 50% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 5 February 2024, with detections in 113 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,490 km² with at least one detection, 23% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 851 | 57% |
| 2 years | 290 | 20% |
| 3 to 5 years | 236 | 16% |
| 6 to 10 years | 57 | 3.8% |
| 11 years or more | 52 | 3.5% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 4.75, 5.75 and holds 34% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 120 | 1,749 |
| 2013 | 178 | 1,825 |
| 2014 | 141 | 1,843 |
| 2015 | 227 | 1,816 |
| 2016 | 346 | 2,159 |
| 2017 | 180 | 1,971 |
| 2018 | 207 | 2,122 |
| 2019 | 154 | 1,835 |
| 2020 | 274 | 2,126 |
| 2021 | 173 | 1,654 |
| 2022 | 338 | 1,426 |
| 2023 | 274 | 968 |
| 2024 | 421 | 1,304 |
| 2025 | 320 | 1,268 |
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
- Rivers State123 km
- Delta State124 km
- Imo State156 km
- Anambra State200 km
- Edo State229 km
- Abia State247 km