United States

Wildfires in Arkansas, United States

Right now

No wildfires recorded here in the last 24 hours.

The most recent data we hold from NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) arrived 3 minutes ago. We record detections, not passes: an absence is not proof that nothing is there.

22, recorded here, since 29 August 2026

8 in the last 30 days. Most recent: 20 October 2026 (6 days ago).

The 16th strongest of the 22 recorded here since 29 August 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
  • August 20261
  • September 202617
  • October 20264

September 2026 is the most active month of the 3 in our series here, with 17 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

20 October 202619:48 UTCIndex 27 · version not recorded
WildfiresLow

Satellite heat detection

20 October 202619:47 UTCIndex 27 · version not recorded
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

16 September 202619:30 UTCIndex 43 · 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

12 September 202618:19 UTCIndex 44 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Extended satellite heat detection

11 September 202620:19 UTCIndex 44 · 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
WildfiresLow

Satellite heat detection

29 August 202619:21 UTCIndex 27 · 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