Weather and Nature

Wildfires in Utah today

Hotspots detected by satellite in the Utah 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

5

Utah

Intensity

3 MW

FRP

PositionWhenFRP (MW)Value
42.186, -113.301Oct 14, 2026 19:45 UTC2.5nominal
38.939, -112.817Oct 15, 2026 09:41 UTC1.9nominal
38.938, -112.817Oct 14, 2026 10:02 UTC1.6nominal
38.937, -112.816Oct 15, 2026 09:41 UTC0.6nominal
40.823, -114.254Oct 15, 2026 09:41 UTC0.6nominal

Position

36.4° / 42.4° lat, -114.3° / -110.9° lon

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How to read this page

How to read the fire-detection count

Utah has 5 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 It can be corrected or withdrawn: earthquake magnitudes shift in the first hours, air-quality readings are revised weeks later.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, 12:28 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 Utah 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 Utah 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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