Is there a fire near Union City, GA right now?

Wildfires near Union City, GA

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No satellite-detected fires within 80 km of Union City, GA in the last 24 h Nearest detected fire: about 91 km W, 32 km ENE of Oxford.

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

Fire clusters within 80 km
0 last 24 h
Nearest fire
91 km W
Hotspot detections nearby
0 VIIRS 375 m pixels, last 24 h
Wind now
ENE 10 km/h gusts 22 km/h, humidity 52%

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Fires near Union City, GA right now

No VIIRS thermal hotspots were detected within 80 km of Union City, Georgia, United States in the last 24 h. The nearest detection cluster is about 91 km W (32 km ENE of Oxford), with 1 detection. A clear result only covers satellite passes: small fires, fires under cloud and fires that start after the last overpass will not show yet.

Across United States there are 334 fire clusters in the same window, 6 of them in Georgia.

Smoke and wind

Wind at Union City, GA is from the ENE at 10 km/h (gusts 22 km/h), so smoke near the city drifts toward the WSW. Relative humidity is 52% and the temperature 16°C.

Smoke shows up first as PM2.5 on air-quality monitors; the Union City, GA 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. 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.