AURSEEAursee · notable fire
Fire near Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia, September 2026
Detected · VIIRS 375 m (S-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21) · -28.750, 151.802 · first seen 20 September 2026, 13:57 UTC
6,774 MWpeak summed radiative power, 21 Sep
482detections on that day
7 kmwidest extent of the group
2days in the record
First detected 20 September 2026, 13:57 UTC, 17 km SW of Stanthorpe. Last detected 21 September 2026, 15:56 UTC. Named places of 1,000 people or more within 25 km had a combined population of 5,378 (GeoNames).
Day by day
Summed radiative power per UTC day, MW.
| Day (UTC) | MW | Detections | Extent km | Night |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-20 | 6,260 | 225 | 5 | 36% |
| 2026-09-21 | 6,774 | 482 | 7 | 70% |
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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