United States

Wildfires in Galveston, United States

Right now

No wildfires recorded here in the last 24 hours.

The most recent data we hold from NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) arrived 2 minutes ago. We record detections, not passes: an absence is not proof that nothing is there.

6, recorded here, since 20 July 2026

2 in the last 30 days. Most recent: 25 September 2026 (22 days ago).

Nothing stronger among the 6 recorded here since 20 July 2026: 5 others scored the same.

By month

  • February 202449 detections
  • March 202480 detections
  • April 2024103 detections
  • May 202466 detections
  • June 2024132 detections
  • July 202475 detections
  • August 2024113 detections
  • September 202493 detections
  • October 2024215 detections
  • November 2024130 detections
  • December 202499 detections
  • January 202566 detections
  • February 202587 detections
  • March 2025133 detections
  • April 2025107 detections
  • May 202555 detections
  • June 202590 detections
  • July 2025107 detections
  • August 2025101 detections
  • September 2025107 detections
  • October 2025232 detections
  • November 2025236 detections
  • December 2025184 detections
  • January 2026130 detections
  • February 202672 detections
  • July 20261
  • August 20261
  • September 20264

September 2026 is the most active month of the 3 in our series here, with 4 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

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.

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