Right now
The most recent data we hold from NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) arrived 34 minutes ago, and this point is not in it. We record detections, not passes: an absence is not proof that nothing is there.
Nothing else has been detected within 20 km in the last 24 hours.
Recorded by satellite 38 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 88th strongest of the 1128 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 6 July 2025. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 5 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) reported 239 fire pixels with a combined fire radiative power of 8653 MW, at high confidence, 122 km from Pahrump.
The 239 pixels cover about 33.5 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.
Wind from S at 22 km/h at 02:00 UTC, according to MET Norway.
Nearby, since 6 July 2025
- July 31, 2026 · score 60 · 4.2 km
- August 1, 2026 · score 60 · 4.9 km
- August 6, 2026 · score 60 · 5.2 km
How we know
One source: NASA FIRMS (VIIRS). Not yet confirmed by a second, independent source.
Our own score for this event is 60 out of 100, at 64 % confidence.
The score is ours, computed from intensity, exposed population and local history — not the source’s.
Wind: MET Norway Locationforecast, CC BY 4.0.
Computed under scoring rules v1. Rows carrying other versions were judged by different rules and are not directly comparable.
Under rules v1–v3, Critical for a wildfire measured only the radiative power the satellite saw, not the people near it; since v4 (1 September 2026) it also requires exposed population. This page keeps the word it was published with.
Event Data
| Type | Wildfires |
| Severity | Critical |
| Calamity Score (ours) | 60 / 100 |
| Our confidence | 64% |
| Coordinates | 37.3017, -116.1397 |
| Nearest City | Pahrump (122 km) |
| Impact Tier | minor |
| Date | 2026-07-30 — time not reported by the source |
| Source | https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#d:24hrs;@-116.140,37.302,9z |
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| Brightness | 367 |
| Frp | 8653.17 |
| PixelCount | 239 |
| Confidence | high |
Cascade Risks
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.
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.
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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
Calamity.live data shows a fire event with CalamityScore 60/100 (United States), based on data from firms. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 185 scientific monitoring sources.