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Wildfires in Kaohsiung City
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 329 km² of Kaohsiung City at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 51 km², ranking 6th of 21 regions of Taiwan.
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 78 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 30 km². The 2021–2025 average is 17% 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.
January, February and March together hold 32% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 5 April 2015, with detections in 13 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 329 km² with at least one detection, 18% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 211 | 64% |
| 2 years | 59 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 32 | 10% |
| 6 to 10 years | 16 | 4.8% |
| 11 years or more | 10 | 3.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 22.75, 120.25 and holds 99% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 31 | 458 |
| 2013 | 61 | 554 |
| 2014 | 63 | 603 |
| 2015 | 78 | 502 |
| 2016 | 46 | 492 |
| 2017 | 50 | 524 |
| 2018 | 72 | 541 |
| 2019 | 32 | 438 |
| 2020 | 55 | 506 |
| 2021 | 65 | 521 |
| 2022 | 30 | 395 |
| 2023 | 56 | 464 |
| 2024 | 46 | 361 |
| 2025 | 35 | 353 |
Other regions of Taiwan
- Changhua80 km² in an average year
- Tainan City68 km² in an average year
- Taichung City57 km² in an average year
- Yunlin57 km² in an average year
- Pingtung51 km² in an average year
- Chiayi41 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
- Changhua111 km
- Taichung City166 km
- Fujian, China412 km
- Ilocos Norte, Philippines503 km
- Apayao, Philippines511 km
- Abra, Philippines558 km