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Wildfires in Guadalcanal
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 10:26 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 723 km² of Guadalcanal at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 123 km², ranking 1st of 10 regions of Solomon Islands.
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 2022, with 197 km² detected; the quietest was 2017, with 70 km². The 2021–2025 average is 8.5% higher 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.
August, September and October together hold 48% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 12 August 2025, with detections in 21 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 723 km² with at least one detection, 32% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 347 | 48% |
| 2 years | 145 | 20% |
| 3 to 5 years | 174 | 24% |
| 6 to 10 years | 53 | 7.3% |
| 11 years or more | 4.8 | 0.7% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -9.25, 160.25 and holds 51% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 93 | 88 |
| 2013 | 87 | 82 |
| 2014 | 109 | 106 |
| 2015 | 180 | 172 |
| 2016 | 165 | 173 |
| 2017 | 70 | 66 |
| 2018 | 98 | 99 |
| 2019 | 124 | 126 |
| 2020 | 115 | 119 |
| 2021 | 125 | 116 |
| 2022 | 197 | 179 |
| 2023 | 93 | 87 |
| 2024 | 124 | 125 |
| 2025 | 149 | 146 |
Other regions of Solomon Islands
- Central14 km² in an average year
- Western8.2 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
- of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea643 km
- New Ireland, Papua New Guinea997 km
- East New Britain, Papua New Guinea1,043 km
- Malampa, Vanuatu1,165 km