District of Columbia wildfire map
Fires in District of Columbia right now
Updated
No satellite-detected fires in District of Columbia in the last 48 h
A live wildfire map and fire map for District of Columbia, United States: every NASA VIIRS hotspot in the state grouped into fire clusters, the strongest fires, the cities near them and where official fire information comes from.
- Fire clusters
- 0 last 48 h
- Significant clusters
- 0 10 MW+ or 3+ detections
- Hotspot detections
- 0
- Share of United States
- 0% 573 clusters nationally
- Cities with a fire within 80 km
- 4
Active fires in District of Columbia
No satellite fire detections were assigned to District of Columbia in the last 48 h. Across United States there are 573 fire clusters right now. A quiet satellite picture covers passes only: small fires and fires under cloud or thick smoke may be missed, and a new fire can start between passes.
Fires are assigned to the state of the nearest listed city, so a fire close to a border can show under the neighbouring state.
Cities in District of Columbia near a fire
- Wildfires near Mount Pleasant, DC nearest 62 km NNW
- Wildfires near Columbia Heights nearest 63 km NNW
- Wildfires near Washington nearest 66 km NNW
- Wildfires near Downtown DC nearest 66 km NNW
Official fire information and evacuations
GodsView shows satellite detections only, not fire perimeters, containment or evacuation zones. Follow orders from local authorities.
InciWeb (inciweb.wildfire.gov) lists federal wildfire incidents. Evacuation orders come from county sheriffs and emergency management, often via Genasys Protect (protect.genasys.com) or local alert apps.
About this fire map
Satellite thermal hotspots are not all wildfires: gas flares, steel works, volcanoes and planned agricultural or prescribed burns show up too. VIIRS passes over most places about twice a day, so a fire can start or grow between passes, and thick smoke or cloud can hide one.
Fires in other states
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Data: NASA FIRMS (VIIRS active fires), Open-Meteo, GeoNames.