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Wildfires in Papua
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 06:20 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 41,230 km² of Papua at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 8,040 km², ranking 4th 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 26,420 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 1,380 km². The 2021–2025 average is 63% 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 73% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 15 October 2015, with detections in 1,689 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 41,230 km² with at least one detection, 41% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 16,960 | 41% |
| 2 years | 7,510 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 11,850 | 29% |
| 6 to 10 years | 4,770 | 12% |
| 11 years or more | 141 | 0.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -8.75, 140.75 and holds 8.9% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6,150 | 7,162 |
| 2013 | 6,320 | 7,190 |
| 2014 | 14,040 | 20,104 |
| 2015 | 26,420 | 44,210 |
| 2016 | 5,210 | 6,525 |
| 2017 | 5,000 | 5,256 |
| 2018 | 12,230 | 16,148 |
| 2019 | 10,070 | 12,644 |
| 2020 | 5,910 | 6,303 |
| 2021 | 2,300 | 2,347 |
| 2022 | 2,380 | 2,359 |
| 2023 | 12,180 | 16,534 |
| 2024 | 3,000 | 3,169 |
| 2025 | 1,380 | 1,466 |
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
- South Sumatra7,690 km² in an average year
- East Kalimantan7,270 km² in an average year
- Riau5,370 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.