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Wildfires in Miaoli
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 08:29 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 248 km² of Miaoli at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 32 km², ranking 8th 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 2017, with 50 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 19 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of 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 31% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 12 February 2017, with detections in 10 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 248 km² with at least one detection, 17% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 166 | 67% |
| 2 years | 41 | 16% |
| 3 to 5 years | 32 | 13% |
| 6 to 10 years | 6.8 | 2.7% |
| 11 years or more | 3.3 | 1.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 24.75, 120.75 and holds 56% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 20 | 54 |
| 2013 | 35 | 84 |
| 2014 | 36 | 93 |
| 2015 | 37 | 83 |
| 2016 | 29 | 65 |
| 2017 | 50 | 82 |
| 2018 | 33 | 81 |
| 2019 | 22 | 44 |
| 2020 | 28 | 63 |
| 2021 | 46 | 86 |
| 2022 | 32 | 64 |
| 2023 | 34 | 46 |
| 2024 | 19 | 25 |
| 2025 | 22 | 30 |
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
- Kaohsiung City51 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.