Weather and Nature

Wildfires in Texas today

Hotspots detected by satellite in the Texas area over the past 24 hours.

A satellite hotspot is not a confirmed fire. For incidents and evacuation, follow the fire service and your local emergency agency.

Hotspots

289

Texas

Intensity

115 MW

FRP

PositionWhenFRP (MW)Value
30.585, -95.199Oct 15, 2026 19:21 UTC115.1nominal
30.581, -95.198Oct 15, 2026 19:21 UTC95.4nominal
30.580, -95.203Oct 15, 2026 19:21 UTC95.4low
30.575, -95.191Oct 15, 2026 19:21 UTC77.6nominal
30.579, -95.192Oct 15, 2026 19:21 UTC34.0nominal
25.579, -99.931Oct 15, 2026 20:59 UTC23.1high
30.040, -93.522Oct 15, 2026 19:19 UTC22.9nominal
30.044, -93.519Oct 15, 2026 19:19 UTC22.9nominal
30.044, -93.523Oct 15, 2026 19:19 UTC22.9nominal
31.777, -96.053Oct 15, 2026 19:21 UTC22.1nominal
30.573, -95.194Oct 15, 2026 19:21 UTC20.1nominal
29.264, -96.552Oct 14, 2026 19:40 UTC18.8high
30.978, -95.185Oct 14, 2026 19:40 UTC16.9nominal
30.978, -95.189Oct 14, 2026 19:40 UTC16.9nominal
30.982, -95.186Oct 14, 2026 19:40 UTC16.9nominal
30.981, -95.190Oct 14, 2026 19:40 UTC16.9nominal
25.579, -99.939Oct 15, 2026 20:59 UTC14.3nominal
26.586, -98.531Oct 14, 2026 19:40 UTC12.7nominal
29.758, -93.905Oct 15, 2026 08:03 UTC12.1nominal
29.755, -93.906Oct 15, 2026 08:03 UTC12.1nominal
29.267, -96.553Oct 14, 2026 19:40 UTC11.2nominal
31.799, -96.596Oct 14, 2026 19:40 UTC10.6nominal
28.993, -97.053Oct 14, 2026 19:40 UTC9.5nominal
28.996, -97.053Oct 14, 2026 19:40 UTC9.5nominal
31.603, -94.789Oct 15, 2026 19:21 UTC9.3nominal
29.257, -96.682Oct 15, 2026 19:19 UTC9.1nominal
31.531, -96.091Oct 15, 2026 19:21 UTC9.0nominal
31.541, -96.099Oct 15, 2026 19:21 UTC8.8nominal
29.754, -93.906Oct 15, 2026 19:19 UTC8.1nominal
29.757, -93.907Oct 15, 2026 19:19 UTC8.1nominal

Position

25.2° / 36.6° lat, -107.2° / -93.0° lon

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How to read this page

How to read the fire-detection count

Texas has 289 fire detections from satellite in this page’s window; the count rises and falls with satellite passes, it isn’t continuous.

Where this data comes from

Satellite fire detections from NASA’s FIRMS, with low/medium/high confidence per point.

NASA FIRMS

What detection doesn’t tell you

Dense smoke or cloud hide active fires from the satellite; a low count can mean an unseen fire, not an absent one.

Words on this page

FRP (fire radiative power)

The energy released by a fire detection, in megawatts, measured by satellite from the infrared brightness of the burn. A higher FRP means a more intense fire in that satellite pixel, not necessarily a bigger one: a small, very hot fire can outscore a large, weak one.

Standard definition by NASA FIRMS — Fire Information for Resource Management System · FRP (fire radiative power)

Preliminary data

A measurement published as soon as it is collected, before the agency’s final review. It can be corrected or withdrawn: earthquake magnitudes shift in the first hours, air-quality readings are revised weeks later. Use it to plan your day, not for regulatory or legal purposes.

Preliminary data

See the full environment and live data glossary

Data from 10/16/26, 1:23 AM UTC

  • Dados de cidades: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)

How to read these numbers

The count is the number of hot pixels in the Texas coordinate box, not the number of fires: a single large fire front produces dozens of hotspots.

Frequently asked questions

How many hotspots are there in Texas today?
The highlighted number is the count of hot pixels in the past 24 hours inside the queried area, with the time of each detection in the table.
Where can I see the fire on a map?
Every row carries the latitude and longitude of the detection, which you can open in any map. The source link leads to the official FIRMS map.

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