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Wildfires in West Grand Bahama
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 12:28 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 266 km² of West Grand Bahama at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 47 km², ranking 5th 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 2017, with 141 km² detected; the quietest was 2023, with 7.8 km². The 2021–2025 average is 64% 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.
February, March and April together hold 72% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 10 April 2017, with detections in 23 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 266 km² with at least one detection, 41% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 79 | 30% |
| 2 years | 78 | 29% |
| 3 to 5 years | 99 | 37% |
| 6 to 10 years | 11 | 4.2% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 26.75, -78.75 and holds 69% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 88 | 140 |
| 2013 | 89 | 177 |
| 2014 | 29 | 37 |
| 2015 | 41 | 67 |
| 2016 | 42 | 43 |
| 2017 | 141 | 265 |
| 2018 | 51 | 78 |
| 2019 | 32 | 51 |
| 2020 | 36 | 64 |
| 2021 | 13 | 16 |
| 2022 | 23 | 26 |
| 2023 | 7.8 | 7 |
| 2024 | 8.9 | 8 |
| 2025 | 51 | 67 |
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
- 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
- North Abaco148 km
- South Abaco159 km
- Central Abaco159 km
- North Andros174 km
- Villa Clara, Cuba469 km
- Matanzas, Cuba511 km