Wildfires near Placentia, CA

Fires near Placentia right now

NASA's VIIRS sensors detected 21 thermal hotspots in 14 separate clusters within 80 km of Placentia, California, United States in the last 24 h. The closest is 22 km NW of the city centre (5 km S of El Monte), with 2 detections and a peak fire radiative power of 2 MW, which is low-intensity for a single 375 m pixel.

2 clusters are within 25 km, close enough that smoke, ash or road closures may affect the city. Distances are measured from the city centre to the nearest detection, not to the fire's edge.

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.

The largest nearby cluster by detections is 34 km WSW (5 km SE of Carson) with 3 detections; first seen Sun 2 am and last seen Sun 2 am local time.

Across United States there are 334 fire clusters in the same window, 35 of them in California.

Smoke and wind

Wind at Placentia is from the W at 10 km/h (gusts 19 km/h), so smoke near the city drifts toward the E. Relative humidity is 46% and the temperature 23°C.

Placentia is not directly downwind of the nearest fire at the moment, though winds shift and plumes from larger fires can still reach the city.

Smoke shows up first as PM2.5 on air-quality monitors; the Placentia 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 CAL FIRE (fire.ca.gov/incidents). 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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