Calamity
criticalFireCalamity Score: 41

Major Wildfire

6d agoPuebloUnited StatesSource: firms

80 fire pixels detected · FRP: 187 MW · ~11.2 km²

Geographic Context

This fire event occurred near Pueblo (approximately 52 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 187 MW, suggesting active, intense burning across multiple detection pixels. Calamity.live has classified it as "critical" severity with a severity value of 98.66300000000001. The computed Calamity Score is 41 out of 100, reflecting a moderate-impact event. The primary scoring components are: cascading (70), intensity (60), historical (30). 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
Severitycritical
Severity Value98.66300000000001
Calamity Score41 / 100
Confidence64%
Coordinates37.9769, -105.0856
Nearest CityPueblo (52 km)
Impact Tierminor
Timestamp2026-07-22T23:59:16.161Z

Score Breakdown

60
intensity
0
population
70
cascading
30
historical

Technical Details

Brightness367
Frp186.63000000000008
PixelCount80
Confidencehigh
Area Km211.200000000000001

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 41/100, near Pueblo (United States), based on data from firms. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 197 scientific monitoring sources.