Is there a fire near Sugar Land right now?
Wildfires near Sugar Land, TX
Updated
10 fire clusters within 80 km; nearest 38 km ENE, 24 detections in the last 48 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 Sugar Land, Texas, United States, grouped into fire clusters, with the wind direction for smoke. Times are local (America/Chicago).
- Fire clusters within 80 km
- 10 last 48 h
- Nearest fire
- 38 km ENE 5 km SSE of Channelview
- Hotspot detections nearby
- 64 VIIRS 375 m pixels, last 48 h
- Strongest fire radiative power
- 12 MW low-intensity
- Wind now
- E 15 km/h gusts 19 km/h, humidity 34%
Fires near Sugar Land right now
NASA's VIIRS sensors detected 64 thermal hotspots in 10 separate clusters within 80 km of Sugar Land, Texas, United States in the last 48 h. The closest is 38 km ENE of the city centre (5 km SSE of Channelview), with 24 detections and a peak fire radiative power of 3 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.
Across United States there are 573 fire clusters in the same window, 80 of them in Texas.
| Fire cluster | From city | Detections | Peak FRP | First seen | Last seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 km SSE of Channelview | 38 km ENE | 24 | 3 MW | Sat 3:37 am | Sun 3:16 am |
| 33 km WSW of Cypress | 43 km NW | 1 | 1 MW | Sat 3:37 am | Sat 3:37 am |
| 44 km S of Rosenberg | 53 km SSW | 3 | 1 MW | Sat 3:37 am | Sun 3:16 am |
| 6 km SSW of La Porte | 55 km E | 7 | 2 MW | Sat 3:37 am | Sun 3:16 am |
| 33 km SSW of League City | 61 km SE | 4 | 12 MW | Sat 3:37 am | Sun 3:16 am |
| 55 km S of Rosenberg | 62 km S | 2 | 2 MW | Sat 3:35 am | Sun 3:16 am |
| 19 km E of Spring | 64 km NE | 1 | 2 MW | Sat 2:51 pm | Sat 2:51 pm |
| 62 km SSW of Friendswood | 72 km SSE | 3 | 1 MW | Sat 3:35 am | Sun 3:16 am |
| at Texas City | 72 km ESE | 16 | 3 MW | Sat 3:37 am | Sun 3:16 am |
| 17 km NNE of Baytown | 75 km ENE | 3 | 1 MW | Sat 3:37 am | Sun 3:16 am |
Smoke and wind
Wind at Sugar Land is from the E at 15 km/h (gusts 19 km/h), so smoke near the city drifts toward the W. Relative humidity is 34% and the temperature 28°C.
Sugar Land 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 Sugar Land 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.
Wildfires near other cities
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Data: NASA FIRMS (VIIRS active fires), Open-Meteo, GeoNames.