Calamity
highFireCalamity Score: 27

Moderate Wildfire

2h agoGreenwoodUnited StatesSource: firms

8 fire pixels detected · FRP: 177 MW · ~1.1 km²

Geographic Context

This fire event occurred near Greenwood (approximately 31 km away) in United States, an area where drought conditions, high temperatures, and dry vegetation frequently combine to create elevated wildfire risk.

Event Assessment

This event is a significant wildfire detected by satellite with a fire radiative power of 177 MW, suggesting active, intense burning across multiple detection pixels. Calamity.live has classified it as "high" severity with a severity value of 43.41199999999999. The computed Calamity Score is 27 out of 100, suggesting contained impact at this time. The primary scoring components are: intensity (60), historical (30). Data for this event was sourced from firms, one of the 196 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.

Event Data

TypeFire
Severityhigh
Severity Value43.41199999999999
Calamity Score27 / 100
Confidence54%
Coordinates33.3501, -90.4461
Nearest CityGreenwood (31 km)
Impact Tierminor
Timestamp2026-08-29T19:21:00.000Z

Score Breakdown

60
intensity
0
population
0
cascading
30
historical

Technical Details

Brightness354.99
Frp177.05999999999997
PixelCount8
Confidencenominal
Area Km21.12
Timestamp Observedtrue

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 27/100, near Greenwood (United States), based on data from firms. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 196 scientific monitoring sources.