United States

Natural disasters in St. James, United States

Right now

No events recorded here in the last 24 hours.

The most recent data we hold from NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) arrived 11 minutes ago. We record detections, not passes: an absence is not proof that nothing is there.

28, recorded here, since 12 May 2026

10 in the last 30 days. Most recent: 12 November 2026 (yesterday).

The 26th strongest of the 28 recorded here since 12 May 2026.

By month

  • February 202421 detections
  • March 202434 detections
  • April 202422 detections
  • May 202435 detections
  • June 202434 detections
  • July 202438 detections
  • August 202453 detections
  • September 202442 detections
  • October 2024133 detections
  • November 202496 detections
  • December 2024112 detections
  • January 202550 detections
  • February 202541 detections
  • March 202547 detections
  • April 202532 detections
  • May 202517 detections
  • June 202517 detections
  • July 202548 detections
  • August 202545 detections
  • September 202535 detections
  • October 202591 detections
  • November 202595 detections
  • December 2025107 detections
  • January 202641 detections
  • February 202619 detections
  • May 20262
  • June 20261
  • July 20268
  • September 20262
  • October 20268
  • November 20267

July 2026 is the most active month of the 6 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.

Hazards recorded here

Recent events

WildfiresLow

Possible fire 32 km from Laplace

12 November 202618:18 UTCIndex 27 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Possible fire 37 km from Bayou Cane

9 November 202620:12 UTCIndex 55 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Possible fire 36 km from Laplace

9 November 202619:15 UTCIndex 48 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Possible fire 39 km from Bayou Cane

5 November 202619:46 UTCIndex 48 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Possible fire 37 km from Laplace

5 November 202618:50 UTCIndex 48 · version not recorded
WildfiresLow

Possible fire 31 km from Prairieville

5 November 202608:30 UTCIndex 35 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Possible fire near Prairieville

4 November 202620:06 UTCIndex 39 · version not recorded
WildfiresLow

Possible fire 34 km from Bayou Cane

19 October 202619:09 UTCIndex 30 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Possible fire 31 km from Prairieville

16 October 202619:21 UTCIndex 39 · version not recorded
WildfiresLow

Possible fire near Laplace

16 October 202608:48 UTCIndex 35 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Possible fire 35 km from Prairieville

13 October 202620:18 UTCIndex 39 · version not recorded
WildfiresLow

Possible fire 34 km from Laplace

13 October 202619:21 UTCIndex 35 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Possible fire 36 km from Laplace

11 October 202620:00 UTCIndex 48 · version not recorded
WildfiresLow

Possible fire 37 km from Laplace

10 October 202619:34 UTCIndex 27 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Possible fire 32 km from Prairieville

10 October 202619:34 UTCIndex 48 · version not recorded
WildfiresLow

Possible fire 32 km from Laplace

29 September 202608:24 UTCIndex 27 · version not recorded
WildfiresLow

Possible fire near Laplace

28 September 202619:57 UTCIndex 35 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Tropical Storm Watch

22 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 43 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Tropical Storm Watch

22 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 43 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Tropical Storm Watch

22 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 43 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Tropical Storm Watch

22 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 43 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Tropical Storm Watch

22 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 39 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Tropical Storm Watch

22 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 39 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Tropical Storm Watch

21 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 39 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Flash Flood Warning

11 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 39 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Flash Flood Warning

18 June 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 37 · version not recorded7 independent sources
Severe WeatherCritical

Tornado Warning

12 May 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 63 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherCritical

Tornado Warning

12 May 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 67 · version not recorded

Towns with the most events here

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.

Administrative boundaries: geoBoundaries (geoboundaries.org), Public Domain. geoboundaries.org