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🇺🇸 United States: wildfires in October 2026

Unit: archived detection events, grouped by first-detection day and a roughly 11 km cell. One physical fire can span multiple records; hotspots can also be agricultural, industrial or urban. These counts are not a census of confirmed wildfires. The archive starts on August 3, 2026; the current month is incomplete.

United States, October 2026: 612 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 15 November at 16:13.

Busiest day: 28 October, with 48 ignitions detected. Longest fire: Brewster, tracked for 6 h. +20% compared with September 2026.

612
archived events
0
still active
2
with verified witnesses
8
with aircraft observed
2191
peak power (MW)
"In October 2026, kanari archived 612 detection events in United States, with 0 still active at the last update. This is not a count of distinct confirmed physical wildfires. Peak observed fire radiative power: 2191 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

012026-10-01: 34022026-10-02: 14032026-10-03: 1042026-10-04: 5052026-10-05: 22062026-10-06: 26072026-10-07: 23082026-10-08: 14092026-10-09: 19102026-10-10: 15112026-10-11: 4122026-10-12: 19132026-10-13: 24142026-10-14: 25152026-10-15: 29162026-10-16: 9172026-10-17: 10182026-10-18: 23192026-10-19: 22202026-10-20: 42212026-10-21: 22222026-10-22: 22232026-10-23: 13242026-10-24: 14252026-10-25: 21262026-10-26: 22272026-10-27: 26282026-10-28: 48292026-10-29: 23302026-10-30: 16312026-10-31: 5

Most powerful fires of the month

PlaceFirst detection (UTC)DetectionsMW
Sheridan9 Oct, 22:11802191
Kuna17 Oct, 17:01651095
Wofford Heights9 Oct, 21:1216725
Moapa Town15 Oct, 20:2724691
Altamont9 Oct, 21:0113597
Thompson22 Oct, 21:0110577
Lewiston14 Oct, 19:118566
Bolivia2 Oct, 15:4241541
Wells6 Oct, 03:391529
McCrory13 Oct, 19:597506

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Archived detection events, United States, October 2026: 612 records. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-11-15.

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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