United States

Wildfires in Lake, United States

Right now

One 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.

11, recorded here, since 6 May 2026

7 in the last 30 days. Most recent: 29 October 2026 (today).

The 6th strongest of the 11 recorded here since 6 May 2026.

By month

  • February 202416 detections
  • March 20248 detections
  • April 20242 detections
  • May 202469 detections
  • June 20241 detections
  • July 20244 detections
  • August 20241306 detections
  • September 20242380 detections
  • October 202487 detections
  • November 202465 detections
  • December 202462 detections
  • January 202553 detections
  • February 20251 detections
  • April 20254 detections
  • May 202517 detections
  • July 202525 detections
  • August 20254 detections
  • September 20252 detections
  • October 2025157 detections
  • November 2025305 detections
  • December 202548 detections
  • January 2026122 detections
  • February 202632 detections
  • May 20261
  • September 20264
  • October 20266

October 2026 is the most active month of the 3 in our series here, with 6 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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