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Wildfires in Kano 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 4,820 km² of Kano State at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 827 km², ranking 34th 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 1,180 km² detected; the quietest was 2020, with 556 km². The 2021–2025 average is 23% 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 68% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 27 November 2017, with detections in 40 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 4,820 km² with at least one detection, 31% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,410 | 50% |
| 2 years | 905 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,060 | 22% |
| 6 to 10 years | 402 | 8.3% |
| 11 years or more | 39 | 0.8% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 10.75, 8.75 and holds 45% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 726 | 724 |
| 2013 | 961 | 1,037 |
| 2014 | 952 | 990 |
| 2015 | 871 | 949 |
| 2016 | 1,010 | 1,212 |
| 2017 | 1,180 | 1,321 |
| 2018 | 1,020 | 1,056 |
| 2019 | 806 | 860 |
| 2020 | 556 | 557 |
| 2021 | 699 | 759 |
| 2022 | 756 | 836 |
| 2023 | 724 | 767 |
| 2024 | 646 | 709 |
| 2025 | 660 | 757 |
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
- Bauchi State54 km
- Katsina State197 km
- Kaduna State218 km
- Niger State225 km
- Plateau State247 km
- Gombe State273 km