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Wildfires in Sokoto State
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 09:22 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 14,090 km² of Sokoto State at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 2,750 km², ranking 22nd 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 2025, with 6,330 km² detected; the quietest was 2015, with 838 km². The 2021–2025 average is 397% 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 66% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 1 February 2023, with detections in 128 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 14,090 km² with at least one detection, 43% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 5,010 | 36% |
| 2 years | 3,040 | 22% |
| 3 to 5 years | 4,630 | 33% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,370 | 10% |
| 11 years or more | 45 | 0.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 11.75, 4.75 and holds 24% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 858 | 966 |
| 2013 | 1,040 | 1,138 |
| 2014 | 860 | 1,000 |
| 2015 | 838 | 918 |
| 2016 | 1,210 | 1,311 |
| 2017 | 2,040 | 2,348 |
| 2018 | 2,620 | 2,771 |
| 2019 | 2,840 | 2,948 |
| 2020 | 2,320 | 2,322 |
| 2021 | 3,230 | 3,424 |
| 2022 | 3,800 | 4,041 |
| 2023 | 5,710 | 6,452 |
| 2024 | 4,800 | 5,204 |
| 2025 | 6,330 | 7,230 |
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
- Kebbi State122 km
- Zamfara State172 km
- Dosso, Niger197 km
- Alibori, Benin197 km
- Kaduna State244 km
- Kwara State247 km