Calamity
highFireCalamity Score: 52

Large Wildfire

4d agoAlabasterUnited StatesSource: firms

26 fire pixels detected · FRP: 26 MW · ~3.6 km²

Geographic Context

This fire event occurred near Alabaster (approximately 4 km away) in United States, an area where drought conditions, high temperatures, and dry vegetation frequently combine to create elevated wildfire risk. An estimated 122.3K people live within 35 km of the event location, placing this in the "severe" population impact tier.

Event Assessment

This event is a wildfire detected across 26 satellite thermal detection pixels, indicating an active fire zone. Calamity.live has classified it as "high" severity with a severity value of 31.298. The computed Calamity Score is 52 out of 100, reflecting a moderate-impact event. The primary scoring components are: population (70), cascading (64), intensity (40). Data for this event was sourced from firms, one of the 250 scientific monitoring sources aggregated by Calamity.live.

Regional Monitoring Context

United States has a documented history of fire events. Wildfire activity in the region is monitored through NASA FIRMS (Fire Information for Resource Management System), which provides near-real-time active fire data from MODIS and VIIRS satellites. Fire behavior is influenced by vegetation type, moisture content, wind patterns, and terrain — all factors that determine whether an initial ignition becomes a major event.

Cascade Risk Analysis

This event may trigger secondary hazards through cascade effects. Cascade detection is an automated process that evaluates how primary disasters can trigger secondary events — for example, earthquakes triggering landslides, or volcanic eruptions causing lahars and pyroclastic flows. These secondary hazards can sometimes pose a greater threat than the initial event, particularly in mountainous terrain or densely populated areas.

Event Data

TypeFire
Severityhigh
Severity Value31.298
Calamity Score52 / 100
Confidence84%
Coordinates33.2157, -86.7920
Nearest CityAlabaster (4 km)
Population Exposed122.3K within 35 km
Impact Tiersevere
Timestamp2026-06-25T23:59:38.479Z

Score Breakdown

40
intensity
70
population
64
cascading
20
historical

Technical Details

Brightness319.41
Frp26.489999999999995
PixelCount26
Confidencenominal
Area Km23.6400000000000006

Cascade Risks

cascade

Safety Information

If a wildfire is approaching: follow evacuation orders immediately. Do not wait to see the fire. Close all windows and doors, remove combustible materials from around your home, and have an emergency go-bag ready. Air quality can deteriorate rapidly even at distance from the fire front — monitor local air quality advisories.

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

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Calamity.live data shows a fire event with CalamityScore 52/100, near Alabaster (United States), based on data from firms. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 197 scientific monitoring sources.