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🇺🇸 United States: wildfires in September 2026

Over the month, kanari archived 32 significant fire ignitions in United States (September 2026). Figures from kanari's fire memory, updated 3 September at 09:14.

Busiest day: 1 September, with 20 ignitions detected.

32
significant fires
23
still active
0
with verified witnesses
2
with aircraft observed
931
peak power (MW)
"In September 2026, kanari detected 32 significant wildfires in United States, 23 of them still active at the last update; the most powerful reached 931 MW."
Source: kanari.io, NASA FIRMS, GOES and Meteosat MTG satellites plus AI-verified witness reports. Freely citable (CC BY 4.0).

Fire ignitions per day

012026-09-01: 20022026-09-02: 12

Most powerful fires of the month

PlaceFirst detection (UTC)DetectionsMW
Midpines1 Sept, 20:4914931
Menahga1 Sept, 16:0112588
Carmel Valley Village1 Sept, 21:486385
Menard2 Sept, 20:5210368
Menahga2 Sept, 17:192315
Florala1 Sept, 15:2227311
Clio1 Sept, 15:2214300
Brookland1 Sept, 15:4118271
Bonners Ferry1 Sept, 20:491249
Luxora1 Sept, 20:0614243

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Wildfires detected, United States, September 2026: 32 significant ignitions. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-09-03.

Methodology: only significant fires are archived (corroborated by witnesses, or above detection and power thresholds); totals are not comparable to exhaustive official tallies. Full methodology and licence.

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