`firms_hotspots_near`

Pack: nasa-firms · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/nasa-firms/mcp

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/firms_hotspots_near for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

“Are there any fires near Boulder, Colorado?” / “active fire detections within 50 km of this point” — NASA FIRMS satellite hotspot detections around a latitude/longitude, sorted nearest first with the distance in km. Same measured detections as firms_hotspots_area, addressed the way a question about a place is actually asked. Returns distance_km, position, acquisition time, brightness temperature, fire radiative power and confidence.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`latitude`	number	yes	Latitude in decimal degrees, -90 to 90.
`longitude`	number	yes	Longitude in decimal degrees, -180 to 180.
`radius_km`	number	no	Search radius in km (default 100, max 500).
`source`	string	no
`day_range`	number	no	Number of days to search, 1-5 (default 1).
`date`	string	no	Start date YYYY-MM-DD. Omit for the most recent data.
`limit`	number	no	Max detections to return (default 100, max 1000).
`_apiKey`	string	no	Your FIRMS MAP_KEY. Free at https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/api/map_key/

Example call

Arguments

{
  "latitude": 40.015,
  "longitude": -105.27,
  "radius_km": 100,
  "_apiKey": "your-firms-map-key"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/nasa-firms/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"firms_hotspots_near","arguments":{"latitude":40.015,"longitude":-105.27,"radius_km":100,"_apiKey":"your-firms-map-key"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('firms_hotspots_near', {
  "latitude": 40.015,
  "longitude": -105.27,
  "radius_km": 100,
  "_apiKey": "your-firms-map-key"
});

More examples

{
  "latitude": -33.87,
  "longitude": 151.21,
  "radius_km": 250,
  "day_range": 5,
  "source": "MODIS_NRT",
  "_apiKey": "your-firms-map-key"
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nasa-firms": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/nasa-firms/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

firms_hotspots_near