United States

Natural disasters in Washoe, United States

Right now

No events recorded here in the last 24 hours.

The most recent data we hold from NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) arrived 2 minutes ago. We record detections, not passes: an absence is not proof that nothing is there.

17, recorded here, since 19 June 2026

No events recorded in the last 30 days. Most recent: 27 August 2026 (36 days ago).

The 9th strongest of the 17 recorded here since 19 June 2026.

By month

  • February 20245 detections
  • April 20241 detections
  • May 20243 detections
  • June 202431 detections
  • July 2024415 detections
  • August 202455 detections
  • September 2024133 detections
  • October 202421 detections
  • November 20244 detections
  • December 202425 detections
  • January 20252 detections
  • February 20253 detections
  • April 20252 detections
  • May 20251 detections
  • June 20253 detections
  • August 202581 detections
  • September 20251 detections
  • November 20252 detections
  • February 20268 detections
  • June 20261
  • July 20262
  • August 202614

August 2026 is the most active month of the 3 in our series here, with 14 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

WildfiresCritical

Major Wildfire

27 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 60 · version not recorded
WildfiresCritical

Major Wildfire

13 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 62 · version not recorded
WildfiresCritical

Major Wildfire

13 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 75 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

13 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 43 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Flash Flood Warning

12 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 43 · version not recorded2 independent sources
Severe WeatherMedium

Flash Flood Warning

12 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 43 · version not recorded2 independent sources
WildfiresCritical

Major Wildfire

12 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 81 · version not recorded
WildfiresCritical

Major Wildfire

12 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 81 · version not recorded
WildfiresCritical

Major Wildfire

11 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 81 · version not recorded
WildfiresCritical

Major Wildfire

11 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 67 · version not recorded
WildfiresCritical

Major Wildfire

10 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 81 · version not recorded
WildfiresCritical

Major Wildfire

10 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 61 · version not recorded
WildfiresHigh

Large Wildfire

9 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 39 · version not recorded
EarthquakesLow

M 2.6 Earthquake

6 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 0 · version not recorded
WildfiresHigh

Moderate Wildfire

22 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 27 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Flash Flood Warning

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

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

19 June 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 43 · version not recorded

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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