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Wildfires in South Sulawesi
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 10:27 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 15,160 km² of South Sulawesi at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 2,210 km², ranking 17th 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 5,550 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 753 km². The 2021–2025 average is 48% 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.
August, September and October together hold 67% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 18 October 2015, with detections in 286 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 15,160 km² with at least one detection, 25% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 7,770 | 51% |
| 2 years | 3,560 | 23% |
| 3 to 5 years | 3,220 | 21% |
| 6 to 10 years | 596 | 3.9% |
| 11 years or more | 22 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -2.75, 121.25 and holds 27% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,950 | 2,551 |
| 2013 | 1,930 | 2,559 |
| 2014 | 3,700 | 5,039 |
| 2015 | 5,550 | 8,516 |
| 2016 | 1,360 | 2,010 |
| 2017 | 1,460 | 1,906 |
| 2018 | 2,400 | 3,071 |
| 2019 | 3,910 | 4,940 |
| 2020 | 1,120 | 1,670 |
| 2021 | 753 | 1,269 |
| 2022 | 775 | 1,262 |
| 2023 | 3,510 | 4,417 |
| 2024 | 1,150 | 1,630 |
| 2025 | 1,410 | 1,858 |
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
- Southeast Sulawesi157 km
- Central Sulawesi175 km
- West Sulawesi229 km
- Gorontalo423 km
- East Kalimantan497 km
- South Kalimantan666 km