United States

Wildfires in Rapides, 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.

11, recorded here, since 18 March 2026

4 in the last 30 days. Most recent: 15 October 2026 (yesterday).

The 6th strongest of the 11 recorded here since 18 March 2026.

By month

  • February 202432 detections
  • March 202463 detections
  • April 202435 detections
  • May 202416 detections
  • June 202423 detections
  • July 202416 detections
  • August 202497 detections
  • September 20249 detections
  • October 202470 detections
  • November 202443 detections
  • December 202434 detections
  • January 202529 detections
  • February 202535 detections
  • March 202550 detections
  • April 2025102 detections
  • May 20258 detections
  • June 202512 detections
  • July 202526 detections
  • August 202524 detections
  • September 202546 detections
  • October 202595 detections
  • November 202554 detections
  • December 202550 detections
  • January 202635 detections
  • February 202621 detections
  • March 20263
  • July 20261
  • August 20263
  • September 20261
  • October 20263

March 2026 is the most active month of the 5 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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