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Wildfires in New Providence
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 11:26 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 64 km² of New Providence at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 11 km², ranking 9th 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 2024, with 20 km² detected; the quietest was 2023, with 0.0 km². The 2021–2025 average is 24% 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.
March, April and May together hold 65% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 14 May 2024, with detections in 9 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 64 km² with at least one detection, 30% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 34 | 53% |
| 2 years | 11 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 9.0 | 14% |
| 6 to 10 years | 10 | 16% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 25.25, -77.25 and holds 97% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 17 | 32 |
| 2013 | 14 | 26 |
| 2014 | 12 | 27 |
| 2015 | 11 | 24 |
| 2016 | 17 | 22 |
| 2017 | 17 | 38 |
| 2018 | 5.6 | 10 |
| 2019 | 1.1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 5.6 | 5 |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 |
| 2022 | 3.4 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 20 | 27 |
| 2025 | 17 | 26 |
Other regions of Bahamas
- North Andros163 km² in an average year
- South Abaco61 km² in an average year
- Central Abaco50 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
- 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.