AURSEEAursee · notable fire
Fire near Halls Creek, Western Australia, Australia, September 2026
Detected · VIIRS 375 m (S-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21) · -20.740, 127.717 · first seen 25 September 2026, 15:44 UTC
35,655 MWpeak summed radiative power, 25 Sep
833detections on that day
35 kmwidest extent of the group
5days in the record
First detected 25 September 2026, 15:44 UTC, 280 km S of Halls Creek. Last detected 29 September 2026, 17:07 UTC.
Day by day
Summed radiative power per UTC day, MW.
| Day (UTC) | MW | Detections | Extent km | Night |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | 35,655 | 833 | 27 | 38% |
| 2026-09-26 | 35,081 | 745 | 35 | 31% |
| 2026-09-27 | 25,747 | 647 | 25 | 45% |
| 2026-09-28 | 8,424 | 290 | 26 | 10% |
| 2026-09-29 | 8,652 | 386 | 26 | 33% |
MW is fire radiative power summed over every detection grouped into the fire in a 24-hour window, across three satellites. Extent is the width of the group of detections, not a mapped perimeter. Night is the share of detections from the night pass. How these are measured.
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