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Air quality now: AQI43Good, Brandon

City report · Florida, United States

Brandon Air quality today

Air quality in Brandon currently reads AQI 43 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

AQI 43

Air quality right now

Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
7.8
tree cover
60.0%
trees in this area
188K
more trees needed
0

Measured across a 1.2 mi (2 km) radius around Limona Improvement, Brandon, FL, USA (4.9 sq mi), from a satellite image of Oct 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Brandon · AQI 43 (Good)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Oct 24, 2026

Brandon's tree count comes to 187,742 trees across 4.8 sq mi (12.52 km²) of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Brandon today: AQI 43, Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 11:03 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.

Ground station · Hillsborough Community College - Brandon, 3.4 mi (5.4 km) away

Health signal

Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

PM2.5

7.8

PM10

—

NO₂

—

O₃

—

SO₂

—

CO

—

Data: OpenAQ · Clarity

Outdoor exercise
A good day to be active outside
Windows
Open them to air the house
Mask
Not needed
Air purifier
Not needed

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Brandon's daily AQI at 45 on average, from 30 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 63 on Nov 5.

Last 7 days · model estimateavg 45 · peak 63
Nov 4: AQI 39 (peak 62)Nov 5: AQI 56 (peak 63)Nov 6: AQI 50 (peak 61)Nov 7: AQI 37 (peak 52)Nov 8: AQI 30 (peak 47)Nov 9: AQI 45 (peak 57)Nov 10: AQI 56 (peak 61)
Nov 4Nov 10

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Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Brandon: Healthy tree cover

60.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 4.8 sq mi (12.52 km²) of land.

Target reached

Trees in this area

187,742

Target trees

187,742

More trees needed

0

CO₂ if planted / yr

0 kg

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Brandon lost?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Brandon has lost about 3,890 acres (1,570 hectares) of forest (about 2,900 football fields): 14% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (98%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.

Satellite image of the area around Brandon, May 2017

2017: satellite photo from May 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km east of the city center.

Forest lost since 2001
3,890 acres (1,570 ha)about 2,900 football fields
Share of its forest
14%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good
3,820 acres (1,550 ha)deforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns

Forest loss is slowing down: about 109 acres (44 hectares) a year in 2021–2025, down from 181 acres (73 hectares) a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2017, when about 297 acres (120 hectares) of forest were lost.

Forest lost each year around Brandon, 2001–2025

Acres of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year around Brandon, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.297

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Forest lost each year around Brandon, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
2001130 acres (53 ha)2 acres (1 ha)133 acres (54 ha)
2002257 acres (104 ha)25 acres (10 ha)282 acres (114 ha)
2003168 acres (68 ha)under 1 ha168 acres (68 ha)
2004210 acres (85 ha)under 1 ha212 acres (86 ha)
2005238 acres (96 ha)under 1 ha239 acres (97 ha)
2006257 acres (104 ha)2 acres (1 ha)259 acres (105 ha)
2007167 acres (67 ha)under 1 ha167 acres (68 ha)
2008112 acres (45 ha)under 1 ha113 acres (46 ha)
200972 acres (29 ha)2 acres (1 ha)75 acres (30 ha)
2010229 acres (93 ha)under 1 ha230 acres (93 ha)
2011130 acres (53 ha)under 1 ha131 acres (53 ha)
2012157 acres (64 ha)18 acres (7 ha)175 acres (71 ha)
201358 acres (23 ha)under 1 ha58 acres (23 ha)
2014109 acres (44 ha)under 1 ha110 acres (45 ha)
201586 acres (35 ha)under 1 ha86 acres (35 ha)
2016140 acres (57 ha)under 1 ha140 acres (57 ha)
2017294 acres (119 ha)2 acres (1 ha)297 acres (120 ha)
2018203 acres (82 ha)under 1 ha204 acres (83 ha)
2019179 acres (73 ha)under 1 ha181 acres (73 ha)
202084 acres (34 ha)under 1 ha85 acres (34 ha)
2021120 acres (49 ha)under 1 ha120 acres (49 ha)
2022111 acres (45 ha)under 1 ha111 acres (45 ha)
2023102 acres (41 ha)under 1 ha102 acres (41 ha)
2024103 acres (42 ha)under 1 ha104 acres (42 ha)
2025105 acres (43 ha)3 acres (1 ha)108 acres (44 ha)

What is causing deforestation around Brandon?

  • Towns and roadscleared for good77% · 2,990 acres (1,210 ha)
  • Mining and energycleared for good13% · 499 acres (202 ha)
  • Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good8.5% · 329 acres (133 ha)

Also: logging, unknown causes.

Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.

Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020

Forest in 2000
38,000 acres (15,400 ha)
Forest in 2020
38,200 acres (15,500 ha)
Overall change
+240 acres (97 ha)more forest than in 2000

Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Brandon stayed about the same size, at about 38,200 acres (15,500 hectares): new forest grew on about 3,320 acres (1,350 hectares), and about 3,080 acres (1,250 hectares) were lost.

These 2000 and 2020 maps, from the University of Maryland, count any land with trees taller than 5 m as forest, including plantations and orchards. Forest that was cut or burned and had grown back by 2020 counts in both years, so the loss here is smaller than the yearly figures.

These figures cover everything within 10 km of the city center, a wider area than the report above, because forest is usually lost at a city's edges.

Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. Forest gained and lost 2000–2020: Potapov et al. 2022, UMD GLAD Global Land Cover and Land Use Change, CC BY 4.0. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured

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Questions about Brandon

What is the air quality (AQI) in Brandon right now?

The latest reading for Brandon shows an AQI of 43 (Good), measured Nov 11, 11:03 local time by the Hillsborough Community College - Brandon ground monitoring station, 3.4 mi (5.4 km) away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

Is it safe to exercise outside in Brandon today?

At AQI 43 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.

What has the air quality in Brandon been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Brandon's daily AQI at 45 on average, from 30 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 63 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.

How much forest has the area around Brandon lost since 2001?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Brandon has lost about 3,890 acres (1,570 hectares) of forest (about 2,900 football fields): 14% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (98%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Forest loss is slowing down: about 109 acres (44 hectares) a year in 2021–2025, down from 181 acres (73 hectares) a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Brandon stayed about the same size, at about 38,200 acres (15,500 hectares): new forest grew on about 3,320 acres (1,350 hectares), and about 3,080 acres (1,250 hectares) were lost.

What is the tree count in Brandon?

Brandon has an estimated 187,742 trees across the 4.8 sq mi (12.52 km²) of land measured — 60.0% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Brandon need?

Brandon has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.

How are Brandon's air quality and tree cover measured?

Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Limona Improvement, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. Tree cover is measured from Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search satellite imagery at 10 m detail across a 1.2 mi (2 km) radius around Limona Improvement; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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