United States
Fires near Chicago today
Right now
Satellite heat detections within 50 km of Chicago, last 24 hours: 1 record.
10 in the last 7 days; the latest 9 hours ago, the nearest 28 km away.
Wind at this point: from the south at 19 km/h (forecast for 04:00 UTC, MET Norway, CC BY 4.0).
A satellite sees heat, not a wildfire: it cannot tell a fire from a controlled burn or an industrial flame, and sees nothing under thick cloud. A plant that is hot all year is counted here like any other detection: the page of each one says when heat is seen there in every season.
1
Last 24 hours
10
Last 7 days
28
Last 30 days
Counted at 4 October at 04:09 UTC from the records on file. A count of what sources reported, not a statement that nothing else is happening.