KLHK Detects 2,054 Hotspots in Indonesia, Most in West Kalimantan (Friday, July 25, 2025)

Based on the SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), the last 24-hour monitoring shows 2,054 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots decreased by 357 compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Friday (July 25, 2025) at 11:51 AM WIB. Of the 2,054 detected hotspots, 143 points have a high hotspot confidence level, 1865 points are at a medium scale, and 46 points are at a low scale.

Hotspot confidence levels are divided into 3 scales. A low scale has a range of 0 - 29, a medium scale 30 - 79, and a high scale 80 - 100. The higher the hotspot confidence level, the higher the likelihood of forest and land fires occurring in a particular area.

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The most detected hotspots are in West Kalimantan with 817 points. North Kalimantan ranks second with 155 hotspots. East Kalimantan is in third place with 132 hotspots.

A total of 132 hotspots were detected in Riau, followed by Aceh with 124 hotspots, and East Nusa Tenggara and South Sumatra each having 76 and 72 detected hotspots, respectively.

A hotspot is a coordinate point of an area that has a higher surface temperature than its surroundings, and not the number of forest and land fire incidents.

However, a large number of clustered hotspots in an area indicates the occurrence of forest and land fires. This means that hotspot data from remote sensing satellite detection is still the most effective in monitoring forest and land fires for large areas.

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