Is there a fire near Missouri City right now?

Wildfires near Missouri City, TX

Updated

9 fire clusters within 80 km; nearest 32 km ENE, 10 detections in the last 24 h Latest satellite pass with a detection: Sun 3:16 am local (2026-10-25 08:16 UTC).

Live satellite fire detections within 80 km of Missouri City, Texas, United States, grouped into fire clusters, with the wind direction for smoke. Times are local (America/Chicago).

Fire clusters within 80 km
9 last 24 h
Nearest fire
32 km ENE 4 km NE of Deer Park
Hotspot detections nearby
35 VIIRS 375 m pixels, last 24 h
Strongest fire radiative power
2 MW low-intensity
Wind now
ESE 7 km/h gusts 15 km/h, humidity 38%

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Fires near Missouri City right now

NASA's VIIRS sensors detected 35 thermal hotspots in 9 separate clusters within 80 km of Missouri City, Texas, United States in the last 24 h. The closest is 32 km ENE of the city centre (4 km NE of Deer Park), with 10 detections and a peak fire radiative power of 2 MW, which is low-intensity for a single 375 m pixel.

None of the clusters is within 25 km of the centre, so the city itself is not in the immediate fire area, but smoke can travel hundreds of kilometres.

Every nearby cluster is low intensity (peak under 10 MW), which is typical of agricultural or garden burning, industrial heat sources such as steel works or flares, or small fires rather than a spreading wildfire.

Across United States there are 334 fire clusters in the same window, 41 of them in Texas.

Fire clusterFrom cityDetectionsPeak FRPFirst seenLast seen
4 km NE of Deer Park32 km ENE102 MWSun 3:16 amSun 3:16 am
6 km SSW of La Porte46 km E52 MWSun 3:16 amSun 3:16 am
33 km SSW of League City54 km SE22 MWSun 3:16 amSun 3:16 am
44 km S of Rosenberg57 km SSW21 MWSun 3:16 amSun 3:16 am
at Texas City64 km ESE101 MWSun 3:16 amSun 3:16 am
55 km S of Rosenberg65 km SSW12 MWSun 3:16 amSun 3:16 am
17 km NNE of Baytown67 km ENE21 MWSun 3:16 amSun 3:16 am
62 km SSW of Friendswood70 km S21 MWSun 3:16 amSun 3:16 am
12 km E of Conroe79 km NNE11 MWSun 3:16 amSun 3:16 am

Smoke and wind

Wind at Missouri City is from the ESE at 7 km/h (gusts 15 km/h), so smoke near the city drifts toward the WNW. Relative humidity is 38% and the temperature 23°C.

Missouri City is roughly downwind of the nearest fire, so smoke and haze are likely; check the air quality page before spending time outdoors.

Smoke shows up first as PM2.5 on air-quality monitors; the Missouri City air quality page has the live reading.

Evacuations and official information

GodsView shows satellite detections only. It does not know fire perimeters, containment or evacuation zones. Always follow evacuation orders from local authorities.

InciWeb (inciweb.wildfire.gov) lists federal wildfire incidents; in this state also check the Texas A&M Forest Service. Evacuation orders come from county sheriffs and emergency management, often via Genasys Protect (protect.genasys.com) or local alert apps.

About satellite fire detections

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.

Fire radiative power (FRP) is the heat a fire gives off, in megawatts per pixel: under 10 MW is usually a small or smouldering fire, over 100 MW an intense flaming front.

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Data: NASA FIRMS (VIIRS active fires), Open-Meteo, GeoNames.