United States

Wildfires in Santa Barbara, United States

Right now

No wildfires recorded here in the last 24 hours.

The most recent data we hold from NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) arrived 27 minutes ago. We record detections, not passes: an absence is not proof that nothing is there.

1, recorded here, since 16 May 2026

No events recorded in the last 30 days. Most recent: 16 May 2026 (170 days ago).

By month

  • February 20243 detections
  • March 20247 detections
  • April 20242 detections
  • May 202421 detections
  • June 202413 detections
  • July 20241420 detections
  • August 20246 detections
  • September 20243 detections
  • October 20243 detections
  • November 202423 detections
  • December 20244 detections
  • January 20251 detections
  • February 202510 detections
  • March 202515 detections
  • April 202511 detections
  • May 202511 detections
  • June 20259 detections
  • July 202512 detections
  • August 20251506 detections
  • September 20251 detections
  • October 20252 detections
  • November 20256 detections
  • December 20259 detections
  • January 202616 detections
  • February 20269 detections
  • May 20261

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

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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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