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Wildfires in Benue State
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 09:19 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 30,570 km² of Benue State at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 15,900 km², ranking 5th 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 2015, with 17,540 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 12,130 km². The 2021–2025 average is 9.4% 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 94% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 31 December 2012, with detections in 1,234 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 30,570 km² with at least one detection, 89% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,550 | 5.1% |
| 2 years | 1,680 | 5.5% |
| 3 to 5 years | 6,010 | 20% |
| 6 to 10 years | 15,800 | 52% |
| 11 years or more | 5,530 | 18% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 7.25, 8.25 and holds 14% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 12,520 | 13,766 |
| 2013 | 17,520 | 22,101 |
| 2014 | 17,440 | 21,686 |
| 2015 | 17,540 | 24,220 |
| 2016 | 16,890 | 21,437 |
| 2017 | 16,270 | 20,193 |
| 2018 | 17,160 | 22,592 |
| 2019 | 16,050 | 20,418 |
| 2020 | 16,950 | 22,133 |
| 2021 | 15,900 | 20,612 |
| 2022 | 17,000 | 23,913 |
| 2023 | 12,840 | 14,594 |
| 2024 | 16,380 | 22,925 |
| 2025 | 12,130 | 14,180 |
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
- Kwara State14,990 km² in an average year
- Kogi State14,190 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
- Cross River State78 km
- Enugu State123 km
- Ebonyi State124 km
- Nasarawa State156 km
- Abia State175 km
- Anambra State199 km