Abstract:
The potency of meteorological drought estimated by Standardized Precipitation Index can be
used to predict the incidence of forest and land fires in Kabupaten Banjar. The aim of this
research was to synthesize the relationship rainfall and level of dryness with the occurrence of
hotspots, mapping meteorological drought in monthly periods and level of dryness of the
method of Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) and spreading of hotspots in Kabupaten
Banjar. This research was conducted in Kabupaten Banjar by using the method of
Standardized Precipitation Index to analyze the dryness level in one area. Data used were the
processed monthly rainfalls in the period of 2010 – 2015 and the data of hotspots in
Kabupaten Banjar, and then the maps for the hotspots and rainfall were created using mapping
software. The results showed meteorological drought periods in Kabupaten Banjar happens
nearly every year with the lowest period (very dry) occurred in November 2015 with a value
of SPI -3.3. To conclude, first, the less rainfall and the low value of SPI will be followed by
the increasing incidence of forest and land fires on the marks with the high number of
hotspots, the second level of meteorological dryness occurs in January, July and up to
November, and the last occurrence of high hotspots occurs in July up to November
