United States

Wildfires in New Madrid, United States

Right now

No wildfires recorded here in the last 24 hours.

The most recent data we hold from NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) arrived 9 minutes ago. We record detections, not passes: an absence is not proof that nothing is there.

12, recorded here, since 20 March 2026

7 in the last 30 days. Most recent: 12 October 2026 (4 days ago).

The 8th strongest of the 12 recorded here since 20 March 2026.

By month

  • February 20242 detections
  • March 20249 detections
  • April 20243 detections
  • June 202422 detections
  • July 20242 detections
  • August 202413 detections
  • September 202464 detections
  • October 202462 detections
  • January 20251 detections
  • March 202527 detections
  • April 20256 detections
  • June 202514 detections
  • July 20251 detections
  • August 20257 detections
  • September 202552 detections
  • October 202561 detections
  • November 20257 detections
  • December 20253 detections
  • January 20264 detections
  • February 20261 detections
  • March 20261
  • August 20261
  • September 20268
  • October 20262

September 2026 is the most active month of the 4 in our series here, with 8 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.

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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