Right now
The most recent data we hold from NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) arrived 9 hours ago, and this point is not in it. We record detections, not passes: an absence is not proof that nothing is there.
One other detection within 20 km in the last 24 hours, 1 km from here.
The satellite has seen heat at this spot on 444 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.
33 satellite detections of this fire · 18 – 27 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 Hamilton |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 18:22 | 61 MW | 4 km |
| 27 Oct 07:54 | 68 MW | 4 km |
| 27 Oct 07:54 | 37 MW | — |
| 26 Oct 08:13 | 63 MW | 4 km |
| 26 Oct 08:13 | 94 MW | 4 km |
| 25 Oct 19:00 | 199 MW | 5 km |
| 25 Oct 18:59 | 199 MW | 5 km |
| 25 Oct 08:33 | 185 MW | 5 km |
| 25 Oct 07:35 | 162 MW | 5 km |
| 25 Oct 06:51 | 141 MW | 5 km |
| 24 Oct 19:18 | 142 MW | 5 km |
| 24 Oct 19:17 | 154 MW | 5 km |
| 24 Oct 19:17 | 119 MW | 4 km |
| 24 Oct 07:54 | 116 MW | 5 km |
| 24 Oct 07:10 | 76 MW | 3 km |
| 23 Oct 18:53 | 98 MW | 4 km |
| 23 Oct 17:57 | 86 MW | 4 km |
| 22 Oct 18:15 | 131 MW | 4 km |
| 22 Oct 18:15 | 70 MW | — |
| 22 Oct 08:33 | 118 MW | 4 km |
| 22 Oct 07:48 | 100 MW | 4 km |
| 21 Oct 08:05 | 94 MW | 4 km |
| 21 Oct 08:05 | 85 MW | 3 km |
| 20 Oct 18:53 | 164 MW | 4 km |
| 20 Oct 08:26 | 159 MW | 4 km |
| 20 Oct 08:26 | 150 MW | 4 km |
| 20 Oct 08:25 | 127 MW | 4 km |
| 20 Oct 06:45 | 120 MW | 4 km |
| 19 Oct 07:04 | 67 MW | 4 km |
| 19 Oct 07:03 | 66 MW | 4 km |
and 3 earlier detections
This page covers the record dated 18 October 2026. Browse recent observations in this area:
Recorded by satellite 10 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 15th strongest of the 92 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 10 February 2024. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 18 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) reported 44 fire pixels with a combined fire radiative power of 109 MW, at nominal confidence, 4 km from Hamilton.
The 44 pixels cover about 6.2 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: 843,094 within a heuristic 35 km radius; not unique people.
Nearby, since 10 February 2024
- July 23, 2026 · 0.2 km
- September 27, 2026 · score 44 · 0.3 km
- October 8, 2026 · score 57 · 0.4 km
How we know
One source: NASA FIRMS (VIIRS). Not yet confirmed by a second, independent source.
Our own score for this event is 53 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) | 53 / 100 |
| Legacy data-support index | 0.74/1 |
| Coordinates | 43.2718, -79.8188 |
| Nearest city | Hamilton (4 km) |
| Urban exposure index (PEI) | 843.1K within 35 km |
| Impact tier | minor |
| Timestamp | 2026-10-18T08:05:00.000Z |
| Source | https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#d:24hrs;@-79.819,43.272,9z |
| 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: 2026-10-18T08:05:00.000Z.
First archived: 2026-06-10T00:00:08.883Z. Material modification: 2026-10-28T00:08:26.482Z.
Retained revisions are prospective; earlier versions may be unavailable. No revision entry does not prove that a record never changed.
Score breakdown
Technical details
| Brightness | 342.02 |
| Frp | 108.92 |
| PixelCount | 44 |
| Confidence | nominal |
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.
Review the area, threshold and delivery channel in your account.
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.
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