Right now

The most recent data we hold from NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) arrived 13 minutes ago, and this point is not in it. We record detections, not passes: an absence is not proof that nothing is there.

3 other detections within 20 km in the last 24 hours, the nearest <1 km from here.

The satellite has seen heat at this spot on 564 earlier days since 10 February 2024, in 12 of the twelve months of the year. Heat that is there in every season usually comes from industry (a steelworks, a refinery flare, a gas field) or from routine burning, not from a wildfire. NASA's data do not say which.

21 satellite detections of this fire · 20 – 24 October 2026

A satellite sees a burning fire on each of its passes. This page gathers every detection of this fire; the address of each one leads here.

Day and time (UTC)	Radiative power	Distance from Goose Creek
24 Oct 07:56	28 MW	—
23 Oct 18:49	140 MW	21 km
23 Oct 17:54	131 MW	21 km
23 Oct 07:31	121 MW	22 km
23 Oct 06:35	115 MW	22 km
22 Oct 19:10	179 MW	21 km
22 Oct 19:10	187 MW	21 km
22 Oct 19:10	100 MW	24 km
22 Oct 18:13	161 MW	20 km
22 Oct 17:29	96 MW	15 km
22 Oct 07:51	83 MW	15 km
22 Oct 07:50	83 MW	15 km
22 Oct 07:50	87 MW	15 km
22 Oct 06:54	79 MW	15 km
22 Oct 06:10	73 MW	16 km
21 Oct 18:32	171 MW	18 km
21 Oct 18:32	137 MW	17 km
21 Oct 18:31	158 MW	17 km
21 Oct 08:09	75 MW	14 km
20 Oct 18:49	123 MW	18 km
20 Oct 18:07	165 MW	9 km

This page covers the record dated 20 October 2026. Browse recent observations in this area:

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Recorded by satellite 8 days ago.

A thermal anomaly is a snapshot of one satellite pass, not a record of a fire’s life: we cannot say whether it kept burning after that pass.

It is the 18th strongest of the 65 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 10 February 2024. The last comparable one was on 17 October 2026. 6 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.

What the source measured

NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) reported 22 fire pixels with a combined fire radiative power of 71 MW, at nominal confidence, 14 km from Goose Creek.

The 22 pixels cover about 3.1 km² — that is the footprint of the detection grid at 375 m resolution, not an estimate of how much land burned.

FIRMS does not report burned area, and neither do we.

Urban PEI: 149,348 within a heuristic 35 km radius; not unique people.

This is the highest radiative power we have recorded at this point, over 8 readings since 12 October 2026 — the previous range was 32.56 MW to 70.64 MW.

How we know

One source: NASA FIRMS (VIIRS). Not yet confirmed by a second, independent source.

Our own score for this event is 39 out of 100.

This is our versioned heuristic index, not source severity or a calibrated probability. Urban PEI does not count unique people.

Computed under scoring rules v5. Rows carrying other versions were judged by different rules and are not directly comparable.

Series begins 8 March 2026 for live collection; the monthly chart also counts backfilled detections from 10 February 2024. Collection gap: 14-26 August 2026.

This data is aggregated algorithmically from scientific sources. Not a replacement for official emergency warnings.

Event data

Type	Persistent heat source
Severity	Low
Calamity Score (ours)	39 / 100
Legacy data-support index	0.74/1
Coordinates	33.0117, -79.8847
Nearest city	Goose Creek (14 km)
Urban exposure index (PEI)	149.3K within 35 km
Impact tier	minor
Timestamp	2026-10-20T07:31:00.000Z
Source	https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#d:24hrs;@-79.885,33.012,9z
Licence	US public domain (NASA) · NASA FIRMS (LANCE)

Physical priority index · v5. Heuristic priority, not calibrated probability, predictive accuracy or damage. The legacy data-support index combines assigned source support and field availability. Urban PEI is distance-weighted and does not count unique people; zero does not establish that nobody is present. Model cards.

Source and revision timeline

Source: firms. Occurrence: 2026-10-20T07:31:00.000Z.

First archived: 2026-08-31T10:11:50.521Z. Material modification: 2026-10-24T08:01:49.792Z.

Retained revisions are prospective; earlier versions may be unavailable. No revision entry does not prove that a record never changed.

Safety information

Heat shows up at this spot regularly, which usually means an industrial plant or routine burning rather than a wildfire. Nothing on this page is an alert. In a real emergency, follow local authorities.

In the news nearby

A list of links found by GDELT for this place and this hazard in the last seven days. External, not ours: we have not read them and do not vouch for them.

No news is listed: GDELT was not available when this page was rendered.

GDELT Project · gdeltproject.org

Brightness	339.2
Frp	70.64
PixelCount	22
Confidence	nominal

Persistent heat source near Goose Creek