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Wildfires in South Sumatra
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 49,120 km² of South Sumatra at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 7,690 km², ranking 5th 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 25,740 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 1,240 km². The 2021–2025 average is 76% 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 80% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 3 October 2015, with detections in 2,015 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 49,120 km² with at least one detection, 33% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 20,450 | 42% |
| 2 years | 12,580 | 26% |
| 3 to 5 years | 14,760 | 30% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,310 | 2.7% |
| 11 years or more | 25 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -3.25, 105.25 and holds 11% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 17,310 | 28,244 |
| 2013 | 8,170 | 8,682 |
| 2014 | 16,750 | 29,740 |
| 2015 | 25,740 | 69,876 |
| 2016 | 2,750 | 2,884 |
| 2017 | 2,430 | 2,504 |
| 2018 | 3,780 | 4,507 |
| 2019 | 12,590 | 24,512 |
| 2020 | 1,340 | 1,611 |
| 2021 | 1,430 | 1,912 |
| 2022 | 1,240 | 1,420 |
| 2023 | 8,880 | 15,603 |
| 2024 | 3,200 | 3,761 |
| 2025 | 2,110 | 2,299 |
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
- 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.