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 18 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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