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Wildfires in Cotabato
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 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 3,180 km² of Cotabato at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 547 km², ranking 13th of 118 regions of Philippines.
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 2016, with 1,490 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 186 km². The 2021–2025 average is 59% 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.
February, March and April together hold 68% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 18 February 2016, with detections in 90 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 3,180 km² with at least one detection, 36% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,310 | 41% |
| 2 years | 741 | 23% |
| 3 to 5 years | 906 | 28% |
| 6 to 10 years | 224 | 7.0% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 7.25, 124.75 and holds 52% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 408 | 364 |
| 2013 | 371 | 340 |
| 2014 | 604 | 577 |
| 2015 | 914 | 964 |
| 2016 | 1,490 | 2,013 |
| 2017 | 214 | 194 |
| 2018 | 477 | 457 |
| 2019 | 864 | 976 |
| 2020 | 758 | 808 |
| 2021 | 186 | 160 |
| 2022 | 224 | 194 |
| 2023 | 296 | 261 |
| 2024 | 634 | 694 |
| 2025 | 206 | 178 |
Other regions of Philippines
- Palawan1,560 km² in an average year
- Occidental Mindoro1,260 km² in an average year
- Bukidnon1,070 km² in an average year
- Isabela800 km² in an average year
- Nueva Ecija766 km² in an average year
- Negros Occidental751 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
- Davao55 km
- Lanao del Sur55 km
- Bukidnon78 km
- Maguindanao78 km
- Sultan Kudarat78 km
- South Cotabato111 km