United States

Wildfires in Russell, United States

Right now

No wildfires recorded here in the last 24 hours.

The most recent data we hold from NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) arrived 4 minutes ago. We record detections, not passes: an absence is not proof that nothing is there.

6, recorded here, since 20 March 2026

3 in the last 30 days. Most recent: 20 October 2026 (10 days ago).

The 5th strongest of the 6 recorded here since 20 March 2026.

By month

  • February 2024100 detections
  • March 202464 detections
  • April 202448 detections
  • May 20246 detections
  • June 202419 detections
  • July 20249 detections
  • August 202415 detections
  • September 202434 detections
  • October 202477 detections
  • November 202421 detections
  • December 202419 detections
  • January 202516 detections
  • February 2025100 detections
  • March 2025154 detections
  • April 202539 detections
  • May 202510 detections
  • June 202511 detections
  • July 20258 detections
  • August 202512 detections
  • September 202531 detections
  • October 202536 detections
  • November 202552 detections
  • December 20258 detections
  • January 202622 detections
  • February 202651 detections
  • March 20261
  • September 20262
  • 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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