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Wildfires in Taichung City
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 12:28 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 356 km² of Taichung City at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 57 km², ranking 3rd 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 2014, with 89 km² detected; the quietest was 2016, with 34 km². The 2021–2025 average is 19% 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.
October, November and December together hold 32% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 23 November 2013, with detections in 12 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 356 km² with at least one detection, 28% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 189 | 53% |
| 2 years | 67 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 years | 80 | 23% |
| 6 to 10 years | 16 | 4.4% |
| 11 years or more | 4.5 | 1.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 24.25, 120.25 and holds 63% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 61 | 110 |
| 2013 | 78 | 214 |
| 2014 | 89 | 231 |
| 2015 | 63 | 181 |
| 2016 | 34 | 148 |
| 2017 | 72 | 206 |
| 2018 | 54 | 213 |
| 2019 | 38 | 144 |
| 2020 | 51 | 194 |
| 2021 | 71 | 225 |
| 2022 | 40 | 146 |
| 2023 | 71 | 180 |
| 2024 | 43 | 148 |
| 2025 | 37 | 135 |
Other regions of Taiwan
- Changhua80 km² in an average year
- Tainan City68 km² in an average year
- Yunlin57 km² in an average year
- Pingtung51 km² in an average year
- Kaohsiung City51 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
- Changhua55 km
- Kaohsiung City166 km
- Fujian, China322 km
- Zhejiang, China522 km
- Ilocos Norte, Philippines669 km
- Jiangxi, China673 km