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Wildfires in Rivers 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 5,190 km² of Rivers State at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,420 km², ranking 28th 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 2024, with 1,830 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 1,040 km². The 2021–2025 average is 20% 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.
December, January and February together hold 49% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 10 February 2016, with detections in 197 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 5,190 km² with at least one detection, 59% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,260 | 24% |
| 2 years | 894 | 17% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,710 | 33% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,230 | 24% |
| 11 years or more | 106 | 2.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 5.25, 6.75 and holds 40% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,040 | 3,528 |
| 2013 | 1,160 | 3,415 |
| 2014 | 1,180 | 3,463 |
| 2015 | 1,230 | 3,460 |
| 2016 | 1,690 | 4,520 |
| 2017 | 1,770 | 4,822 |
| 2018 | 1,310 | 4,459 |
| 2019 | 1,280 | 4,136 |
| 2020 | 1,750 | 5,161 |
| 2021 | 1,600 | 5,717 |
| 2022 | 1,550 | 4,141 |
| 2023 | 1,460 | 3,306 |
| 2024 | 1,830 | 4,691 |
| 2025 | 1,090 | 3,872 |
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
- Imo State55 km
- Delta State78 km
- Anambra State111 km
- Abia State123 km
- Bayelsa State123 km
- Ebonyi State156 km