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Wildfires in Borno State
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 07:28 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 54,570 km² of Borno State at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 17,290 km², ranking 4th 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 2021, with 23,270 km² detected; the quietest was 2014, with 7,960 km². The 2021–2025 average is 65% 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.
October, November and December together hold 69% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 15 October 2017, with detections in 926 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 54,570 km² with at least one detection, 69% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 9,480 | 17% |
| 2 years | 7,230 | 13% |
| 3 to 5 years | 18,980 | 35% |
| 6 to 10 years | 18,040 | 33% |
| 11 years or more | 848 | 1.6% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 11.25, 13.25 and holds 9.3% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 9,340 | 9,953 |
| 2013 | 10,690 | 11,848 |
| 2014 | 7,960 | 8,318 |
| 2015 | 13,680 | 15,978 |
| 2016 | 19,300 | 21,760 |
| 2017 | 21,880 | 24,675 |
| 2018 | 19,190 | 19,712 |
| 2019 | 18,690 | 19,985 |
| 2020 | 20,920 | 22,902 |
| 2021 | 23,270 | 26,840 |
| 2022 | 17,060 | 17,399 |
| 2023 | 20,090 | 22,690 |
| 2024 | 16,990 | 17,427 |
| 2025 | 22,990 | 27,693 |
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
- Benue State15,900 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
- Yobe State163 km
- Far North, Cameroon163 km
- Chari-Baguirmi, Chad218 km
- Gombe State225 km
- Hadjer-Lamis, Chad233 km
- Lac, Chad247 km