United States

Wildfires in St. James, United States

Right now

No wildfires recorded here in the last 24 hours.

The most recent data we hold from NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) arrived 3 minutes ago. We record detections, not passes: an absence is not proof that nothing is there.

17, recorded here, since 28 September 2026

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

The 15th strongest of the 17 recorded here since 28 September 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
  • September 20262
  • October 20268
  • November 20267

October 2026 is the most active month of the 3 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

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