Fire near Texas (US)

32.98°N, 99.64°W · first detected on 19 October at 15:50

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 19 October at 15:50 to 21 October at 17:41, that is 2 days, through 122 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 1,178 ha.

Detected extent: 1,178 ha
Cumulative power: 894 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 123 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 122
Estimated emissions: 2.6 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 19 October 2026 to 21 October 2026. An order-of-magnitude estimate from GFAS (ECMWF, Copernicus CAMS): it also counts neighbouring fires in the same cell. Contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information (2026).

These four figures cover the polar orbits alone, the ones that measure an area. The pass table below also counts geostationary detections, more frequent but too coarse for geometry, and its power column sums a whole pass where the peak above is that of a single pixel.

“Detected extent” is not “burned area”: it is the union of the ground footprints of the satellite pixels, and a pixel counts in full (375 m for VIIRS, 1 km for MODIS) even when only a forest edge is burning. Compared with press figures it is in practice one and a half to three times the area reported. Detections taken at the edge of the scan swath, too coarse to measure anything at all, are excluded. These figures come from thermal detection and are not an official assessment: only the emergency services and the competent authorities are authoritative.

Replay how the fire spread

The map is framed on this fire's footprint and loads only its detections. The timeline below covers the period in which satellites saw it, from the first to the last detection, with twelve hours before and twenty-four after; the ticks on the bar mark the emergency services' announcements that fall within it. The cursor opens on the most powerful pass, and playback replays the whole fire in about thirty seconds. “1 h” shows what is burning within an hour of the chosen moment : the map then follows the power curve below and empties when it falls. “24 h” stacks twenty-four hours : a fire stays visible between two satellite passes, which come two to four times a day. Both are true, but they say different things.

How the radiative power evolved

One point per satellite pass: the sum of the fire radiative power measured over the fire. This is the curve that says whether the fire eased off or picked up again, which no cumulative figure shows. The window covers 5 days; beyond that, clustering would merge two successive fires in the same place.

Fire dynamics

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Satellite passes in detail

Pass	Power summed over the pass	Detections	Sensor
21 October at 17:41	13 MW	2	Terra
20 October at 11:13	17 MW	12	N21
20 October at 10:29	24 MW	30	N20
20 October at 10:09	9 MW	10	N
20 October at 09:31	8 MW	4	N21
20 October at 05:02	9 MW	1	Terra
20 October at 00:27	23 MW	1	Aqua
20 October at 00:20	30 MW	1	G19
20 October at 00:12	25 MW	1	G19FRP
20 October at 00:10	32 MW	1	G19
20 October at 00:00	41 MW	1	G18
19 October at 23:50	41 MW	1	G18
19 October at 23:50	33 MW	1	G19
19 October at 23:42	27 MW	1	G19FRP
19 October at 23:40	35 MW	1	G19
19 October at 23:40	39 MW	1	G18
19 October at 23:30	36 MW	1	G19
19 October at 23:30	42 MW	1	G18
19 October at 23:20	45 MW	1	G18
19 October at 22:52	32 MW	1	G19FRP
19 October at 22:50	52 MW	1	G18
19 October at 22:42	35 MW	1	G19FRP
19 October at 22:40	46 MW	1	G19
19 October at 22:40	53 MW	1	G18
19 October at 22:32	43 MW	1	G18FRP
19 October at 22:30	52 MW	1	G18
19 October at 22:22	45 MW	1	G18FRP
19 October at 22:22	71 MW	2	G19FRP
19 October at 22:20	54 MW	1	G18
19 October at 22:20	50 MW	1	G19
19 October at 22:12	40 MW	1	G19FRP
19 October at 22:12	48 MW	1	G18FRP
19 October at 22:10	61 MW	1	G18
19 October at 22:10	52 MW	1	G19
19 October at 22:06	176 MW	18	N20
19 October at 22:02	47 MW	1	G18FRP
19 October at 22:02	78 MW	2	G19FRP
19 October at 22:00	59 MW	1	G18
19 October at 22:00	56 MW	1	G19
19 October at 21:52	49 MW	1	G18FRP
19 October at 21:52	75 MW	2	G19FRP
19 October at 21:50	53 MW	1	G19
19 October at 21:50	62 MW	1	G18
19 October at 21:47	106 MW	17	N
19 October at 21:42	53 MW	1	G18FRP
19 October at 21:42	86 MW	2	G19FRP
19 October at 21:40	66 MW	1	G18
19 October at 21:40	60 MW	1	G19
19 October at 21:32	86 MW	2	G19FRP
19 October at 21:32	52 MW	1	G18FRP
19 October at 21:30	65 MW	1	G18
19 October at 21:30	63 MW	1	G19
19 October at 21:22	98 MW	2	G19FRP
19 October at 21:22	57 MW	1	G18FRP
19 October at 21:20	80 MW	1	G18
19 October at 21:20	67 MW	1	G19
19 October at 21:12	100 MW	2	G19FRP
19 October at 21:12	63 MW	1	G18FRP
19 October at 21:10	79 MW	1	G18
19 October at 21:10	130 MW	2	G19
19 October at 21:10	254 MW	23	N21
19 October at 21:02	103 MW	2	G19FRP
19 October at 21:02	68 MW	1	G18FRP
19 October at 21:00	68 MW	1	G19
19 October at 21:00	84 MW	1	G18
19 October at 20:52	72 MW	1	G18FRP
19 October at 20:52	118 MW	2	G19FRP
19 October at 20:50	97 MW	1	G18
19 October at 20:42	75 MW	1	G18FRP
19 October at 20:42	116 MW	2	G19FRP
19 October at 20:40	81 MW	1	G19
19 October at 20:40	102 MW	1	G18
19 October at 20:32	121 MW	2	G19FRP
19 October at 20:32	74 MW	1	G18FRP
19 October at 20:30	101 MW	1	G18
19 October at 20:22	81 MW	1	G18FRP
19 October at 20:22	138 MW	2	G19FRP
19 October at 20:20	104 MW	1	G18
19 October at 20:20	96 MW	1	G19
19 October at 20:12	83 MW	1	G18FRP
19 October at 20:12	136 MW	2	G19FRP
19 October at 20:10	105 MW	1	G18
19 October at 20:10	106 MW	1	G19
19 October at 20:02	91 MW	1	G18FRP
19 October at 20:02	141 MW	2	G19FRP
19 October at 20:00	100 MW	1	G19
19 October at 20:00	115 MW	1	G18
19 October at 19:52	169 MW	2	G19FRP
19 October at 19:52	139 MW	2	G18FRP
19 October at 19:50	124 MW	1	G19
19 October at 19:50	122 MW	1	G18
19 October at 19:42	139 MW	2	G18FRP
19 October at 19:42	159 MW	2	G19FRP
19 October at 19:40	109 MW	1	G19
19 October at 19:40	129 MW	1	G18
19 October at 19:32	143 MW	2	G18FRP
19 October at 19:32	161 MW	2	G19FRP
19 October at 19:30	113 MW	1	G19
19 October at 19:30	131 MW	1	G18
19 October at 19:22	188 MW	2	G19FRP
19 October at 19:22	153 MW	2	G18FRP
19 October at 19:20	247 MW	2	G19
19 October at 19:20	141 MW	1	G18
19 October at 19:12	172 MW	2	G19FRP
19 October at 19:12	142 MW	2	G18FRP
19 October at 19:10	124 MW	1	G19
19 October at 19:02	251 MW	3	G19FRP
19 October at 19:02	117 MW	1	G18FRP
19 October at 19:00	243 MW	2	G19
19 October at 19:00	155 MW	1	G18
19 October at 18:52	123 MW	1	G18FRP
19 October at 18:52	268 MW	3	G19FRP
19 October at 18:50	270 MW	2	G19
19 October at 18:50	162 MW	1	G18
19 October at 18:42	186 MW	2	G18FRP
19 October at 18:42	256 MW	3	G19FRP
19 October at 18:40	147 MW	1	G19
19 October at 18:40	173 MW	1	G18
19 October at 18:32	277 MW	3	G19FRP
19 October at 18:32	173 MW	2	G18FRP
19 October at 18:30	151 MW	1	G18
19 October at 18:30	169 MW	1	G19
19 October at 18:22	165 MW	2	G18FRP
19 October at 18:22	256 MW	3	G19FRP
19 October at 18:20	169 MW	1	G19
19 October at 18:20	147 MW	1	G18
19 October at 18:12	258 MW	3	G19FRP
19 October at 18:12	159 MW	2	G18FRP
19 October at 18:10	147 MW	1	G18
19 October at 18:10	157 MW	1	G19
19 October at 18:03	255 MW	4	Terra
19 October at 18:02	272 MW	3	G19FRP
19 October at 18:02	156 MW	2	G18FRP
19 October at 18:00	137 MW	1	G18
19 October at 18:00	180 MW	1	G19
19 October at 17:52	135 MW	2	G18FRP
19 October at 17:52	234 MW	3	G19FRP
19 October at 17:50	156 MW	1	G19
19 October at 17:50	129 MW	1	G18
19 October at 17:42	156 MW	2	G18FRP
19 October at 17:42	261 MW	3	G19FRP
19 October at 17:40	159 MW	1	G19
19 October at 17:40	145 MW	1	G18
19 October at 17:32	123 MW	1	G19FRP
19 October at 17:32	186 MW	2	G18FRP
19 October at 17:30	156 MW	1	G19
19 October at 17:30	165 MW	1	G18
19 October at 17:22	211 MW	2	G19FRP
19 October at 17:20	175 MW	1	G19
19 October at 17:20	152 MW	1	G18
19 October at 17:12	265 MW	4	G19FRP
19 October at 17:10	136 MW	1	G19
19 October at 17:02	256 MW	4	G19FRP
19 October at 17:00	122 MW	1	G18
19 October at 17:00	152 MW	1	G19
19 October at 16:52	209 MW	3	G19FRP
19 October at 16:52	104 MW	1	G18FRP
19 October at 16:50	136 MW	1	G18
19 October at 16:50	127 MW	1	G19
19 October at 16:42	128 MW	2	G18FRP
19 October at 16:42	230 MW	4	G19FRP
19 October at 16:40	220 MW	2	G19
19 October at 16:40	118 MW	1	G18
19 October at 16:32	116 MW	2	G18FRP
19 October at 16:32	192 MW	3	G19FRP
19 October at 16:30	109 MW	1	G18
19 October at 16:30	126 MW	1	G19
19 October at 16:22	103 MW	2	G18FRP
19 October at 16:22	143 MW	2	G19FRP
19 October at 16:20	101 MW	1	G18
19 October at 16:20	183 MW	2	G19
19 October at 16:12	117 MW	2	G19FRP
19 October at 16:12	64 MW	1	G18FRP
19 October at 16:10	82 MW	1	G18
19 October at 16:10	150 MW	2	G19
19 October at 16:00	65 MW	1	G18
19 October at 16:00	118 MW	2	G19
19 October at 15:50	37 MW	1	G19
19 October at 15:50	52 MW	1	G18

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