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Tana River County

Next 7 daysLow9%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
mid February – early April
Record year
20201,658
Trend
−14%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +82%

Fire clock

Ring = year, slice = week. Click a ring to focus that year.

Total detections per year
YearTotal
2001687
2002423
20031086
2004852
2005731
2006368
2007831
2008732
2009827
2010693
2011745
2012890
2013512
2014719
2015742
2016526
2017231
2018252
2019434
20201658
2021860
2022468
2023351
2024673
2025641
2026323

Next 7 days

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Expected detections: ~6.6

  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • An active part of the fire season↑
  • Rain expected (17 mm)↓
Sat35°
Sun35°
Mon35°
Tue35°
Wed35°
Thu35°
Fri35°

Right now

mid October

This week5.0

This week is more active than 32% of past years at this time

Year to date323
#24 of 26 yearsNormal: 608

Season

early February – mid October

Onset
early February
Peak
early March
End
mid October

Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn

Critical windows

  • mid February – early April

    38% of annual activity

  • mid September – mid October

    15% of annual activity

The normal year vs 2026

Bands show the 25-year range; the white line is this year so far.

25-year history

The raw record jumps in 2012 when VIIRS arrives; the harmonized record does not.

Harmonized: −14%/10Raw: +82%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

10

  • 2009

    827

    season ended 4 weeks late

  • 2010

    693

    season ended 4 weeks late

  • 2011

    745

    season ended 5 weeks early

  • 2015

    742

    season ended 3 weeks early

  • 2017

    231

    only 0.3× the normal annual activity

  • 2018

    252

    only 0.4× the normal annual activity

  • 2019

    434

    season ended 11 weeks early

  • 2020

    1,658

    2.4× the normal annual activity

  • 2023

    351

    only 0.5× the normal annual activity

    season ended 3 weeks early

  • 2026

    323

    only 0.5× the normal annual activity

    season ended 5 weeks early

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One fire history for the Land of Fire.

Built for the NASA Space Apps Challenge 2026.

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Data sources

NASA FIRMS, NASA POWER, Open-Meteo, OpenStreetMap, geoBoundaries, OpenFreeMap

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