United States

Natural disasters in Arkansas, United States

Right now

No events recorded here in the last 24 hours.

The most recent data we hold from NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) arrived 16 minutes ago. We record detections, not passes: an absence is not proof that nothing is there.

21, recorded here, since 9 March 2026

10 in the last 30 days. Most recent: 14 October 2026 (yesterday).

The 17th strongest of the 21 recorded here since 9 March 2026.

By month

  • February 20242 detections
  • March 202414 detections
  • April 20243 detections
  • June 202411 detections
  • July 20243 detections
  • August 202440 detections
  • September 202465 detections
  • October 2024161 detections
  • December 20244 detections
  • February 20251 detections
  • March 202519 detections
  • April 202516 detections
  • June 20254 detections
  • July 20255 detections
  • August 202522 detections
  • September 2025114 detections
  • October 2025129 detections
  • November 20253 detections
  • January 20261 detections
  • March 20262
  • June 20261
  • August 20262
  • September 202614
  • October 20262

September 2026 is the most active month of the 5 in our series here, with 14 events.

The months before live collection count satellite fire detections imported from the NASA FIRMS archive, one for each cell of about 110 m on each day, not fires: they cannot be compared with the months after.

Hazards recorded here

Recent events

WildfiresLow

Satellite heat detection

14 October 202620:00 UTCIndex 27 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Extended satellite heat detection

8 October 202620:14 UTCIndex 36 · version not recorded
WildfiresLow

Satellite heat detection

30 September 202620:08 UTCIndex 27 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Extended satellite heat detection

30 September 202619:21 UTCIndex 46 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Extended satellite heat detection

29 September 202619:42 UTCIndex 50 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Extended satellite heat detection

28 September 202620:00 UTCIndex 36 · version not recorded
WildfiresLow

Satellite heat detection

25 September 202620:00 UTCIndex 35 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Extended satellite heat detection

21 September 202619:36 UTCIndex 36 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Extended satellite heat detection

21 September 202618:51 UTCIndex 36 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Extended satellite heat detection

20 September 202619:53 UTCIndex 36 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Extended satellite heat detection

15 September 202619:47 UTCIndex 39 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Extended satellite heat detection

14 September 202620:08 UTCIndex 36 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Extended satellite heat detection

10 September 202619:42 UTCIndex 50 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Extended satellite heat detection

7 September 202619:53 UTCIndex 43 · version not recorded
WildfiresLow

Satellite heat detection

4 September 202619:53 UTCIndex 27 · version not recorded
WildfiresLow

Satellite heat detection

3 September 202620:14 UTCIndex 27 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Extended satellite heat detection

30 August 202619:47 UTCIndex 46 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Extended satellite heat detection

29 August 202620:08 UTCIndex 36 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

2 June 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 22 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherCritical

Tornado, AR

16 March 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 48 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

9 March 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 34 · version not recorded

Other areas

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.

Administrative boundaries: geoBoundaries (geoboundaries.org), Public Domain. geoboundaries.org