United States

Wildfires in Imperial, United States

Right now

No wildfires recorded here in the last 24 hours.

The most recent data we hold from NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) arrived 38 minutes ago. We record detections, not passes: an absence is not proof that nothing is there.

5, recorded here, since 19 May 2026

3 in the last 30 days. Most recent: 8 October 2026 (5 days ago).

The 3rd strongest of the 5 recorded here since 19 May 2026.

By month

  • February 202416 detections
  • March 202418 detections
  • April 202428 detections
  • May 202450 detections
  • June 202448 detections
  • July 202425 detections
  • August 202417 detections
  • September 202425 detections
  • October 202418 detections
  • November 202435 detections
  • December 202434 detections
  • January 202565 detections
  • February 202520 detections
  • March 202516 detections
  • April 202522 detections
  • May 202513 detections
  • June 202533 detections
  • July 2025114 detections
  • August 202531 detections
  • September 202535 detections
  • October 202544 detections
  • November 202511 detections
  • December 20253 detections
  • January 2026100 detections
  • February 202617 detections
  • May 20261
  • August 20261
  • October 20263

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