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Wildfires in Madang
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 12:28 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 9,890 km² of Madang at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 2,180 km², ranking 5th of 20 regions of Papua New Guinea.
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 4,590 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 1,600 km². The 2021–2025 average is 23% 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 68% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 22 October 2015, with detections in 222 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 9,890 km² with at least one detection, 44% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 3,520 | 36% |
| 2 years | 2,040 | 21% |
| 3 to 5 years | 2,750 | 28% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,390 | 14% |
| 11 years or more | 188 | 1.9% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -5.75, 145.75 and holds 18% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,600 | 2,095 |
| 2013 | 2,250 | 2,358 |
| 2014 | 2,260 | 2,414 |
| 2015 | 4,590 | 5,805 |
| 2016 | 1,730 | 1,861 |
| 2017 | 2,670 | 2,970 |
| 2018 | 1,660 | 1,727 |
| 2019 | 1,900 | 2,083 |
| 2020 | 2,330 | 2,438 |
| 2021 | 2,150 | 2,371 |
| 2022 | 2,230 | 2,426 |
| 2023 | 1,780 | 1,817 |
| 2024 | 1,760 | 1,753 |
| 2025 | 1,640 | 1,699 |
Other regions of Papua New Guinea
- Western4,740 km² in an average year
- East Sepik2,660 km² in an average year
- Morobe2,640 km² in an average year
- Central2,380 km² in an average year
- Eastern Highlands1,570 km² in an average year
- Oro1,300 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
- Eastern Highlands55 km
- Morobe78 km
- Chimbu78 km
- Western Highlands165 km
- Enga221 km
- Southern Highlands228 km