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Wildfires in Niger 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 66,370 km² of Niger State at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 30,340 km², ranking 1st 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 2013, with 35,780 km² detected; the quietest was 2023, with 25,940 km². The 2021–2025 average is 6.5% 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 90% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 31 January 2013, with detections in 2,527 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 66,370 km² with at least one detection, 86% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 4,400 | 6.6% |
| 2 years | 5,210 | 7.9% |
| 3 to 5 years | 18,080 | 27% |
| 6 to 10 years | 30,370 | 46% |
| 11 years or more | 8,320 | 13% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 10.25, 6.75 and holds 6.3% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 27,270 | 30,593 |
| 2013 | 35,780 | 43,884 |
| 2014 | 34,320 | 42,388 |
| 2015 | 32,520 | 39,125 |
| 2016 | 29,380 | 34,965 |
| 2017 | 30,390 | 37,833 |
| 2018 | 30,810 | 37,099 |
| 2019 | 28,830 | 34,909 |
| 2020 | 26,560 | 32,948 |
| 2021 | 28,180 | 36,221 |
| 2022 | 32,500 | 44,060 |
| 2023 | 25,940 | 32,182 |
| 2024 | 32,230 | 40,073 |
| 2025 | 30,030 | 36,637 |
Other regions of Nigeria
- 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
- 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
- Kaduna State55 km
- Zamfara State123 km
- Kebbi State155 km
- Katsina State175 km
- Federal Capital Territory175 km
- Kano State225 km