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Municipalities that have burned most often in Philippines

Municipalities of Philippines with at least one fire larger than 1,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 89. With two or more: 41. Top of the list is Itogon, which has burned 16 times in 6 years, with 27,108 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1ItogonCAR16×6 years · 27,108 ha
  2. 2BokodCAR12×6 years · 19,285 ha
  3. 3MalibcongCAR6×2 years · 8,499 ha
  4. 4SablayanMimaropa6×4 years · 6,130 ha
  5. 5CarranglanCentral Luzon6×4 years · 5,614 ha
  6. 6BesaoCAR5×2 years · 5,285 ha
  7. 7BontocCAR5×2 years · 4,301 ha
  8. 8KabayanCAR4×3 years · 5,781 ha
  9. 9TuboCAR4×1 year · 5,615 ha
  10. 10Nueva EraIlocos Region4×1 year · 5,517 ha
  11. 11BakunCAR4×3 years · 5,154 ha
  12. 12AguilarIlocos Region4×4 years · 3,389 ha
  13. 13RizalMimaropa4×3 years · 2,471 ha
  14. 14San Jose de BuanEastern Visayas3×2 years · 6,352 ha
  15. 15VintarIlocos Region3×3 years · 3,780 ha
  16. 16Abra de IlogMimaropa3×3 years · 3,582 ha
  17. 17San NicolasIlocos Region3×3 years · 3,413 ha
  18. 18CervantesIlocos Region3×3 years · 3,112 ha
  19. 19SabanganCAR3×2 years · 2,068 ha
  20. 20AguinaldoCAR3×2 years · 2,002 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1ItogonCAR27,108 ha16× · 62 %
  2. 2BokodCAR19,285 ha12× · 49 %
  3. 3MalibcongCAR8,499 ha6× · 33 %
  4. 4San Jose de BuanEastern Visayas6,352 ha3× · 21 %
  5. 5SablayanMimaropa6,130 ha6× · 2.9 %
  6. 6KabayanCAR5,781 ha4× · 30 %
  7. 7TuboCAR5,615 ha4× · 13 %
  8. 8CarranglanCentral Luzon5,614 ha6× · 7.6 %
  9. 9Nueva EraIlocos Region5,517 ha4× · 9.0 %
  10. 10BesaoCAR5,285 ha5× · 40 %
  11. 11BakunCAR5,154 ha4× · 16 %
  12. 12BontocCAR4,301 ha5× · 15 %
  13. 13BumbaranARMM3,865 ha1× · 12 %
  14. 14VintarIlocos Region3,780 ha3× · 7.1 %
  15. 15ButigARMM3,697 ha2× · 7.8 %
  16. 16Abra de IlogMimaropa3,582 ha3× · 5.9 %
  17. 17San NicolasIlocos Region3,413 ha3× · 15 %
  18. 18AguilarIlocos Region3,389 ha4× · 21 %
  19. 19BatarazaMimaropa3,362 ha2× · 4.9 %
  20. 20CervantesIlocos Region3,112 ha3× · 13 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1ItogonCAR62 %27,108 ha · 441 km²
  2. 2BokodCAR49 %19,285 ha · 394 km²
  3. 3BesaoCAR40 %5,285 ha · 131 km²
  4. 4MalibcongCAR33 %8,499 ha · 261 km²
  5. 5KabayanCAR30 %5,781 ha · 192 km²
  6. 6AguilarIlocos Region21 %3,389 ha · 159 km²
  7. 7San Jose de BuanEastern Visayas21 %6,352 ha · 299 km²
  8. 8SabanganCAR18 %2,068 ha · 114 km²
  9. 9BakunCAR16 %5,154 ha · 317 km²
  10. 10TubajonCaraga16 %1,389 ha · 89 km²
  11. 11BontocCAR15 %4,301 ha · 281 km²
  12. 12San NicolasIlocos Region15 %3,413 ha · 226 km²
  13. 13BugallonIlocos Region15 %2,658 ha · 180 km²
  14. 14TuboCAR13 %5,615 ha · 433 km²
  15. 15CervantesIlocos Region13 %3,112 ha · 245 km²
  16. 16BumbaranARMM12 %3,865 ha · 330 km²
  17. 17LibjoCaraga10 %1,936 ha · 187 km²
  18. 18KibunganCAR10 %1,720 ha · 168 km²
  19. 19SadangaCAR10 %1,791 ha · 177 km²
  20. 20LupaoCentral Luzon9.5 %1,121 ha · 118 km²

How it is calculated

We count fires larger than 1,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016 that reached each municipality, even partly. Hectares are those burned inside the municipality and are added fire by fire, so land that burned twice counts twice; that is why the share, given only for municipalities of 10 km² or more, can exceed 100 % (it is then shown as a multiple). It describes what happened: it does not measure risk or say anything about causes.