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Wildfires in Gombe State
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 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 8,050 km² of Gombe State at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,520 km², ranking 27th 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 2017, with 2,130 km² detected; the quietest was 2023, with 1,120 km². The 2021–2025 average is 10% 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 27 March 2021, with detections in 92 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 8,050 km² with at least one detection, 39% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 3,140 | 39% |
| 2 years | 1,740 | 22% |
| 3 to 5 years | 2,340 | 29% |
| 6 to 10 years | 800 | 10% |
| 11 years or more | 30 | 0.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 10.75, 11.25 and holds 33% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,620 | 1,780 |
| 2013 | 1,980 | 2,162 |
| 2014 | 1,310 | 1,504 |
| 2015 | 1,270 | 1,445 |
| 2016 | 1,150 | 1,279 |
| 2017 | 2,130 | 2,316 |
| 2018 | 1,450 | 1,652 |
| 2019 | 1,180 | 1,278 |
| 2020 | 1,140 | 1,312 |
| 2021 | 1,690 | 1,882 |
| 2022 | 1,360 | 1,504 |
| 2023 | 1,120 | 1,202 |
| 2024 | 2,010 | 2,283 |
| 2025 | 1,900 | 2,188 |
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
- Yobe State77 km
- Bauchi State218 km
- Borno State225 km
- Jigawa State247 km
- Kano State273 km
- Plateau State276 km