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Wildfires in Ilocos Norte
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 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 1,760 km² of Ilocos Norte at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 402 km², ranking 23rd 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 2014, with 539 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 213 km². The 2021–2025 average is 20% 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 60% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 20 March 2015, with detections in 29 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,760 km² with at least one detection, 48% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 575 | 33% |
| 2 years | 341 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 years | 532 | 30% |
| 6 to 10 years | 292 | 17% |
| 11 years or more | 18 | 1.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 18.25, 120.75 and holds 81% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 422 | 438 |
| 2013 | 428 | 437 |
| 2014 | 539 | 557 |
| 2015 | 534 | 569 |
| 2016 | 258 | 241 |
| 2017 | 494 | 498 |
| 2018 | 426 | 435 |
| 2019 | 376 | 371 |
| 2020 | 406 | 422 |
| 2021 | 360 | 384 |
| 2022 | 307 | 293 |
| 2023 | 490 | 524 |
| 2024 | 367 | 400 |
| 2025 | 213 | 218 |
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
- Apayao52 km
- Abra55 km
- Ilocos Sur111 km
- Cagayan119 km
- Kalinga123 km
- Mountain Province123 km