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Wildfires in Edo 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 17,440 km² of Edo State at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 8,910 km², ranking 10th 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 2020, with 10,600 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 6,370 km². The 2021–2025 average is 15% 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 66% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 17 February 2023, with detections in 1,224 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 17,440 km² with at least one detection, 89% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 990 | 5.7% |
| 2 years | 911 | 5.2% |
| 3 to 5 years | 3,440 | 20% |
| 6 to 10 years | 9,350 | 54% |
| 11 years or more | 2,750 | 16% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 6.75, 6.25 and holds 21% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6,370 | 7,393 |
| 2013 | 7,700 | 9,727 |
| 2014 | 7,500 | 9,638 |
| 2015 | 8,790 | 11,969 |
| 2016 | 10,090 | 14,534 |
| 2017 | 9,650 | 13,623 |
| 2018 | 9,140 | 12,655 |
| 2019 | 8,270 | 11,124 |
| 2020 | 10,600 | 15,986 |
| 2021 | 9,420 | 13,340 |
| 2022 | 10,120 | 15,288 |
| 2023 | 9,690 | 14,122 |
| 2024 | 10,290 | 15,765 |
| 2025 | 7,090 | 8,955 |
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
- Ondo State78 km
- Anambra State78 km
- Enugu State110 km
- Delta State111 km
- Imo State124 km
- Ekiti State156 km