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Wildfires in Tafea
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 176 km² of Tafea at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 27 km², ranking 3rd of 6 regions of Vanuatu.
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 2015, with 78 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 8.2 km². The 2021–2025 average is 46% 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.
July, August and September together hold 29% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 6 November 2015, with detections in 9 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 176 km² with at least one detection, 22% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 112 | 64% |
| 2 years | 26 | 15% |
| 3 to 5 years | 29 | 16% |
| 6 to 10 years | 3.5 | 2.0% |
| 11 years or more | 5.9 | 3.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -19.75, 169.25 and holds 94% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 12 | 318 |
| 2013 | 24 | 432 |
| 2014 | 20 | 331 |
| 2015 | 78 | 448 |
| 2016 | 41 | 548 |
| 2017 | 30 | 399 |
| 2018 | 19 | 432 |
| 2019 | 44 | 505 |
| 2020 | 14 | 385 |
| 2021 | 16 | 206 |
| 2022 | 14 | 268 |
| 2023 | 36 | 300 |
| 2024 | 20 | 146 |
| 2025 | 8.2 | 164 |
Other regions of Vanuatu
- Malampa46 km² in an average year
- Sanma33 km² in an average year
- Shefa17 km² in an average year
- Penama6.9 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
- Malampa403 km
- South, New Caledonia417 km
- North, New Caledonia497 km
- Western, Fiji922 km
- Northern, Fiji1,056 km