# Fire Map: Live US Wildfire Map Today Updated 10:28 UTC, 29 Oct 2026. Canonical: https://monitorworld.app/live/wildfire-map NASA's NOAA-20 satellite detected **481 fire hotspots** across the lower 48 US states in the past 24 hours, most of them in the Southeast region (146); 5 were in California. Hotspots are heat signals, not confirmed wildfires (farm burns and industrial flares show up too), so for evacuation orders always follow your county and state fire agency. ## Key numbers - Fire hotspots, past 24 h: **481** (lower 48 states, NASA FIRMS) - Hotspots in California: **5** - Clusters with high fire power: **0** (100+ MW per 0.2° cell) - Region with the most hotspots: **Southeast** ## Fire hotspots by region, past 24 hours - [MED] Southeast (146 hotspots, NASA FIRMS) - [MED] Midwest and Plains (133 hotspots, NASA FIRMS) - [LOW] Northeast (70 hotspots, NASA FIRMS) - [LOW] Texas and Oklahoma (70 hotspots, NASA FIRMS) - [LOW] Rocky Mountains (17 hotspots, NASA FIRMS) - [LOW] Southwest (15 hotspots, NASA FIRMS) - [LOW] Pacific Northwest (11 hotspots, NASA FIRMS) - [LOW] California (5 hotspots, NASA FIRMS) ## Key context ### How satellites see fires The VIIRS instrument on NOAA's NOAA-20 satellite measures heat at a resolution of about 375 metres. When a pixel is much hotter than its surroundings, NASA's Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) flags it as a hotspot and estimates its fire radiative power (FRP) in megawatts. We group nearby hotspots into 0.2° cells and colour them by total fire power. Clouds and thick smoke can hide fires, and a satellite only sees a place when it passes overhead, so the map can miss small or short fires. ### Official fire information - [InciWeb](https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/): incident pages for large wildfires on federal land. - [CAL FIRE incidents](https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents): California fires, perimeters and evacuation information. - [National Interagency Fire Center](https://www.nifc.gov/): national fire situation and statistics. - [NASA FIRMS map](https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/): the full global hotspot map. ## FAQ ### Where are the fires right now? In the past 24 hours the most hotspots were in Southeast (146), Midwest and Plains (133), Northeast (70). Tap a dot on the map to see its fire power and the time of the satellite pass. ### Where can I see a California fire map? This map covers California with the rest of the US (5 hotspots there in the past 24 hours). For official perimeters, evacuation zones and incident updates in California, use CAL FIRE's incident page and your county's alert system. ### Is there a fire near me? Zoom into your area on the map above. A dot means a satellite saw intense heat there in the past 24 hours. For real-time evacuation orders, sign up for your county's emergency alerts; the MonitorWorld app can also alert you to fires near places you follow. ### How current is this fire map? The NOAA-20 satellite passes over each part of the US about twice a day, and NASA publishes detections within about 3 hours. We refresh the map every 30 minutes, so a new fire can take a few hours to appear. ### Why does the map show fires that are not wildfires? The satellite detects heat, not smoke or flames. Crop and prescribed burns, gas flares and some industrial sites also show up as hotspots. Large clusters of hotspots over several passes usually mean a real wildfire. ## Get the app MonitorWorld is free on iPhone and Android, rated 4.7 from 52 ratings on the US App Store. - App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6760610225 - Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.monitorworld ## Sources - [NASA FIRMS (VIIRS NOAA-20 NRT)](https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/): near-real-time active fire data. Credit: NASA FIRMS / LANCE. Hotspots are not official fire perimeters. ## Related - [Earthquakes today](https://monitorworld.app/live/earthquakes-today): Every M2.5+ quake of the past 24 hours from USGS. - [Tsunami warning today](https://monitorworld.app/live/tsunami-warning): Latest US tsunami bulletins and flagged quakes. - [Earthquakes by region](https://monitorworld.app/live/earthquakes): Live quake maps for 13 regions and a page for every M5.5+ quake. - [Earthquake near me](https://monitorworld.app/live/earthquake-near-me): Sort every recent quake by distance from you, on your device. - [Volcano eruption today](https://monitorworld.app/live/volcano-eruption-today): Erupting volcanoes worldwide and US volcano alerts. - [Live war map](https://monitorworld.app/live): Every layer on one map: conflicts, aircraft, quakes, chokepoints.