Pine Tree Rd 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
- Union County
- Cause
- Natural
- Fuel
- Timber
- Jurisdiction
- Private land
Burning across 2,114 acres of private land in Union County, Arkansas, the active Pine Tree Rd Fire has triggered 12 satellite heat detections over the past 48 hours, illustrating the current spread of the blaze. Having started on August 20, 2026, the incident unfolds within a typical regional fire season that spans from June to October.
The broader national landscape shows 2,970,412 hectares burned so far in 2026, a figure that sits 46 percent below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Arkansas for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 2,114 acres — about 8.6 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 2,970,412 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 46% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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