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Wildfires in Morobe
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 9,430 km² of Morobe at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 2,640 km², ranking 3rd 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 5,130 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 1,970 km². The 2021–2025 average is 13% 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 46% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 23 August 2013, with detections in 222 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 9,430 km² with at least one detection, 54% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,820 | 30% |
| 2 years | 1,510 | 16% |
| 3 to 5 years | 2,550 | 27% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2,150 | 23% |
| 11 years or more | 410 | 4.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -6.25, 146.25 and holds 23% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,480 | 2,727 |
| 2013 | 2,380 | 2,625 |
| 2014 | 2,500 | 2,842 |
| 2015 | 5,130 | 7,109 |
| 2016 | 2,190 | 2,407 |
| 2017 | 2,140 | 2,237 |
| 2018 | 2,690 | 3,094 |
| 2019 | 2,630 | 2,910 |
| 2020 | 2,100 | 2,295 |
| 2021 | 2,470 | 2,768 |
| 2022 | 3,550 | 4,403 |
| 2023 | 2,440 | 2,757 |
| 2024 | 1,970 | 2,012 |
| 2025 | 2,340 | 2,608 |
Other regions of Papua New Guinea
- Western4,740 km² in an average year
- East Sepik2,660 km² in an average year
- Central2,380 km² in an average year
- Madang2,180 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
- Madang78 km
- Chimbu110 km
- Gulf222 km
- Western Highlands228 km
- West New Britain228 km