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Wildfires in Maluku
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 09:19 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 12,380 km² of Maluku at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 2,270 km², ranking 15th of 33 regions of Indonesia.
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 2015, with 7,330 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 848 km². The 2021–2025 average is 54% 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.
September, October and November together hold 79% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 22 September 2015, with detections in 484 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 12,380 km² with at least one detection, 35% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 5,350 | 43% |
| 2 years | 2,720 | 22% |
| 3 to 5 years | 3,100 | 25% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,080 | 8.7% |
| 11 years or more | 144 | 1.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -7.75, 131.25 and holds 10% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,400 | 2,856 |
| 2013 | 1,420 | 1,415 |
| 2014 | 3,350 | 4,008 |
| 2015 | 7,330 | 11,644 |
| 2016 | 1,290 | 1,300 |
| 2017 | 1,170 | 1,160 |
| 2018 | 2,540 | 2,882 |
| 2019 | 3,560 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 1,520 | 1,684 |
| 2021 | 864 | 826 |
| 2022 | 848 | 779 |
| 2023 | 3,220 | 3,922 |
| 2024 | 1,270 | 1,311 |
| 2025 | 993 | 1,009 |
Other regions of Indonesia
- West Kalimantan14,970 km² in an average year
- East Nusa Tenggara10,660 km² in an average year
- Central Kalimantan9,650 km² in an average year
- Papua8,040 km² in an average year
- South Sumatra7,690 km² in an average year
- East Kalimantan7,270 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
- Lautém, Timor-Leste507 km
- Viqueque, Timor-Leste561 km
- Baucau, Timor-Leste561 km
- Manatuto, Timor-Leste615 km
- Aileu, Timor-Leste615 km
- Dili, Timor-Leste615 km