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Wildfires in Malampa
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 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 351 km² of Malampa at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 46 km², ranking 1st of 6 regions of Vanuatu.
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 148 km² detected; the quietest was 2023, with 0.0 km². The 2021–2025 average is 88% 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.
December, January and February together hold 27% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 5 October 2015, with detections in 22 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 351 km² with at least one detection, 13% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 237 | 67% |
| 2 years | 69 | 20% |
| 3 to 5 years | 22 | 6.1% |
| 6 to 10 years | 24 | 6.8% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -16.25, 168.25 and holds 96% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 43 | 504 |
| 2013 | 39 | 744 |
| 2014 | 49 | 994 |
| 2015 | 131 | 963 |
| 2016 | 90 | 1,518 |
| 2017 | 148 | 1,012 |
| 2018 | 68 | 1,140 |
| 2019 | 21 | 19 |
| 2020 | 5.9 | 5 |
| 2021 | 7.1 | 6 |
| 2022 | 11 | 10 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 23 | 62 |
| 2025 | 2.4 | 2 |
Other regions of Vanuatu
- Sanma33 km² in an average year
- Tafea27 km² in an average year
- Shefa17 km² in an average year
- Penama6.9 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
- Tafea403 km
- North, New Caledonia666 km
- South, New Caledonia699 km
- Western, Fiji1,023 km
- Northern, Fiji1,120 km
- Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands1,165 km