Ashley 183 Fire (AR)
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Fire (SWIR)
Infrared / SWIR (right): sees through smoke.
🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Quick facts
- Location
- Ashley County
- Jurisdiction
- Private land
Burning across 250 acres of private land in Ashley County, Arkansas, the Ashley 183 Fire has maintained an average daily growth of approximately 125 acres per day over its two days of activity since starting on August 20, 2026. Satellites have registered a single heat detection over the past 48 hours, illustrating the current scale of the active front in a region where the typical fire season runs from June to October.
This incident unfolds within a broader national context where 2,970,412 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that sits 46% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Arkansas for 3 days. So far it has affected roughly 250 acres — about 1.0 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in United States
Across United States, roughly 2,982,133 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 46% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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