Wildfires in Delta
Delta, Nigeria: 12 fires with a page have entered 6 of its 25 local government areas since 2016, burning 28,394 hectares inside the region. The largest was Oshimili South in February 2024, with 6,891 hectares inside the region. Fire danger today: very low (FWI 1).
Only fires of 2,000 ha or more get an entry: smaller ones are not in the lists or the totals on this page.
- hectares burned
- 28,394ha
- Since 2016
- Of the region
- 1.7%
- 17,074 km²
- fires
- 12
- Since 2016
- municipalities with fire
- 6
- of 25
- Largest fire
- 6,891ha
- Oshimili South · February 2024
- Inhabitants
- —
Fire danger, today and the coming days
FWI at the region centre, from the Open-Meteo forecast- Fri 23 Very low 34° · 54 % · 21 km/h
- Sat 24 Very low 34° · 54 % · 22 km/h
- Sun 25 Very low 34° · 59 % · 21 km/h
- Mon 26 Very low 32° · 66 % · 31 km/h
- Tue 27 Very low 30° · 70 % · 28 km/h
- Wed 28 Very low 33° · 58 % · 24 km/h
- Thu 29 Very low 34° · 57 % · 38 km/h
- Fri 30 Very low 32° · 67 % · 26 km/h
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The municipalities that burned most
- Ndokwa East 12,092 ha · 7.5 %
- Oshimili South 6,877 ha · 26 %
- Aniocha South 2,779 ha · 3.2 %
- Ika North East 2,688 ha · 5.6 %
- Ika South 2,190 ha · 5.3 %
- Aniocha North 1,769 ha · 4.3 %
Municipalities that burn again and again
Municipalities with two or more large fires (1,000 ha or more) since 2016.
- 6×Ndokwa East12,092 ha
- 4×Ika North East2,688 ha
- 3×Aniocha South2,779 ha
- 2×Oshimili South6,877 ha
- 2×Ika South2,190 ha
Largest recorded fires
- 6,891 haOshimili SouthFebruary 2024 · 9 days
- 4,065 haEsan South-East13 February 2017 · 12 days of 10,256 ha in total
- 2,929 haNdokwa East22 January 2022 · 12 days
- 2,832 haNdokwa EastFebruary 2026 · 19 days
- 2,606 haNdokwa East19 January 2024 · 11 days
- 2,448 haNdokwa East24 January 2022 · 10 days
- 2,028 haAniocha SouthFebruary 2024 · 5 days
- 2,013 haNdokwa East26 January 2024 · 14 days
Hectares inside the region; the fire may have burned more outside it.
Year by year
| Year | fires | hectares burned | Largest of the year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 2,832 | Ndokwa East 2,832 ha |
| 2024 | 5 | 13,589 | Oshimili South 6,891 ha |
| 2023 | 1 | 1,814 | Iguegben 1,814 ha |
| 2022 | 2 | 5,377 | Ndokwa East 2,929 ha |
| 2021 | 1 | 336 | Esan South-East 336 ha |
| 2020 | 1 | 381 | Orhionmwon 381 ha |
| 2017 | 1 | 4,065 | Esan South-East 4,065 ha |
All fires in Delta · 12
Newest first. The figure is the area inside the region; if the fire burned more outside, the total is shown.
- 2,832 haNdokwa EastFebruary 2026 · 19 days
- 50 haIguegben3 February 2024 · 6 days of 4,597 ha in total
- 2,028 haAniocha SouthFebruary 2024 · 5 days
- 6,891 haOshimili SouthFebruary 2024 · 9 days
- 2,013 haNdokwa East26 January 2024 · 14 days
- 2,606 haNdokwa East19 January 2024 · 11 days
- 1,814 haIguegben11 February 2023 · 12 days of 44,167 ha in total
- 2,448 haNdokwa East24 January 2022 · 10 days
- 2,929 haNdokwa East22 January 2022 · 12 days
- 336 haEsan South-EastFebruary 2021 · 4 days of 3,089 ha in total
- 381 haOrhionmwon21 January 2020 · 19 days of 7,162 ha in total
- 4,065 haEsan South-East13 February 2017 · 12 days of 10,256 ha in total
Where this data comes from
Perimeters come from GWIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0), rebuilt from heat detections, and municipal boundaries from geoBoundaries/GRID3 (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)). The area per municipality is computed by WorldFires by crossing both. The forecast is from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
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