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Wildfires in West Kalimantan
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 74,030 km² of West Kalimantan at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 14,970 km², ranking 1st 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 24,590 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 6,950 km². The 2021–2025 average is 40% 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.
July, August and September together hold 81% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 28 August 2025, with detections in 1,910 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 74,030 km² with at least one detection, 47% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 22,140 | 30% |
| 2 years | 17,100 | 23% |
| 3 to 5 years | 27,560 | 37% |
| 6 to 10 years | 7,100 | 10% |
| 11 years or more | 121 | 0.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -1.75, 110.25 and holds 5.0% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 21,370 | 27,172 |
| 2013 | 17,760 | 19,366 |
| 2014 | 23,540 | 35,844 |
| 2015 | 24,590 | 35,640 |
| 2016 | 12,720 | 12,420 |
| 2017 | 7,780 | 7,092 |
| 2018 | 16,110 | 19,409 |
| 2019 | 17,080 | 24,602 |
| 2020 | 8,610 | 7,762 |
| 2021 | 8,540 | 8,185 |
| 2022 | 6,950 | 6,507 |
| 2023 | 16,370 | 18,098 |
| 2024 | 12,130 | 11,541 |
| 2025 | 16,020 | 16,273 |
Other regions of Indonesia
- 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
- 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.
Nearby regions
- Central Kalimantan458 km
- Bangka Belitung Islands458 km
- South Kalimantan566 km
- South Sumatra579 km
- West Java598 km
- Lampung620 km