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Wildfires in Oyo State
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 08:29 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 25,630 km² of Oyo State at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 8,900 km², ranking 11th 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 10,990 km² detected; the quietest was 2019, with 6,860 km². The 2021–2025 average is 16% 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 91% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 31 January 2013, with detections in 1,269 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 25,630 km² with at least one detection, 76% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,880 | 11% |
| 2 years | 3,300 | 13% |
| 3 to 5 years | 9,460 | 37% |
| 6 to 10 years | 9,320 | 36% |
| 11 years or more | 665 | 2.6% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 8.25, 3.25 and holds 14% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 7,780 | 7,882 |
| 2013 | 10,990 | 13,247 |
| 2014 | 8,500 | 9,056 |
| 2015 | 10,360 | 13,351 |
| 2016 | 10,680 | 12,176 |
| 2017 | 10,900 | 12,676 |
| 2018 | 8,540 | 9,143 |
| 2019 | 6,860 | 7,180 |
| 2020 | 9,400 | 10,826 |
| 2021 | 7,030 | 7,680 |
| 2022 | 8,850 | 9,871 |
| 2023 | 8,180 | 9,039 |
| 2024 | 9,490 | 10,835 |
| 2025 | 7,090 | 7,574 |
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
- Collines, Benin110 km
- Ogun State111 km
- Plateau, Benin124 km
- Zou, Benin156 km
- Donga, Benin174 km
- Osun State174 km