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Wildfires in Central Abaco
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 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 288 km² of Central Abaco at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 50 km², ranking 3rd of 26 regions of Bahamas.
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 2025, with 140 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 16 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of 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.
March, April and May together hold 73% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 24 March 2013, with detections in 31 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 288 km² with at least one detection, 39% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 82 | 28% |
| 2 years | 94 | 33% |
| 3 to 5 years | 102 | 35% |
| 6 to 10 years | 8.8 | 3.1% |
| 11 years or more | 1.1 | 0.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 26.25, -77.25 and holds 71% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 36 | 50 |
| 2013 | 61 | 77 |
| 2014 | 41 | 55 |
| 2015 | 67 | 89 |
| 2016 | 66 | 86 |
| 2017 | 50 | 67 |
| 2018 | 28 | 36 |
| 2019 | 31 | 56 |
| 2020 | 52 | 72 |
| 2021 | 16 | 43 |
| 2022 | 44 | 95 |
| 2023 | 16 | 41 |
| 2024 | 54 | 125 |
| 2025 | 140 | 302 |
Other regions of Bahamas
- North Andros163 km² in an average year
- South Abaco61 km² in an average year
- North Abaco47 km² in an average year
- West Grand Bahama47 km² in an average year
- East Grand Bahama34 km² in an average year
- Central Andros16 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
- South Abaco0 km
- North Abaco55 km
- North Andros149 km
- West Grand Bahama159 km
- Villa Clara, Cuba493 km
- Ciego de Ávila, Cuba523 km