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Wildfires in Delta State
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 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 10,580 km² of Delta State at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 4,000 km², ranking 18th 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 5,260 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 2,610 km². The 2021–2025 average is 24% 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 57% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 5 February 2024, with detections in 730 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 10,580 km² with at least one detection, 76% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,440 | 14% |
| 2 years | 1,140 | 11% |
| 3 to 5 years | 3,260 | 31% |
| 6 to 10 years | 4,050 | 38% |
| 11 years or more | 693 | 6.5% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 5.75, 6.25 and holds 27% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,610 | 5,437 |
| 2013 | 3,050 | 6,232 |
| 2014 | 2,880 | 5,939 |
| 2015 | 4,150 | 8,028 |
| 2016 | 4,860 | 8,709 |
| 2017 | 4,330 | 8,296 |
| 2018 | 4,130 | 9,672 |
| 2019 | 3,270 | 8,666 |
| 2020 | 4,950 | 11,300 |
| 2021 | 3,870 | 8,711 |
| 2022 | 4,870 | 10,179 |
| 2023 | 4,440 | 8,657 |
| 2024 | 5,260 | 10,521 |
| 2025 | 3,340 | 7,071 |
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
- Imo State55 km
- Anambra State78 km
- Rivers State78 km
- Edo State111 km
- Bayelsa State124 km
- Enugu State156 km