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Ash Shinan

Next 7 daysLow14%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
mid May – mid July
Record year
2004195
Trend
−64%/ 10significant · on raw data: +39%

Fire clock

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

Total detections per year
YearTotal
2001170
2002184
200372
2004195
2005185
2006151
200773
200862
200983
201045
201182
201236
201349
201440
201523
201648
201735
201821
201929
202030
202122
202219
202326
202450
202535
202622

Next 7 days

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Full risk view

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Expected detections: ~0.8

  • An active part of the fire season↑
  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • This year is quieter than normal↓
Sat32°
Sun32°
Mon32°
Tue31°
Wed31°
Thu31°
Fri30°

Right now

mid October

This week0.0

This week is more active than 10% of past years at this time

Year to date22
#19 of 26 yearsNormal: 33

Season

late May – early January

Onset
late May
Peak
mid June
End
early January

Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn

Critical windows

  • mid May – mid July

    47% of annual activity

  • late October – early November

    7% of annual activity

  • early August – mid August

    7% 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: −64%/10Raw: +39%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

10

  • 2004

    195

    peak 6.7× stronger than normal

  • 2005

    185

    peak 7.2× stronger than normal

  • 2006

    151

    season began 3 weeks late

  • 2010

    45

    season began 3 weeks early

  • 2012

    36

    season began 20 weeks late

  • 2014

    40

    season began 3 weeks early

  • 2016

    48

    season began 10 weeks late

  • 2018

    21

    season began 6 weeks early

  • 2023

    26

    season began 5 weeks early

  • 2024

    50

    season began 9 weeks late

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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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