Is there a fire near Fort Smith, NT right now?
Wildfires near Fort Smith, NT
Updated
No satellite-detected fires within 80 km of Fort Smith, NT in the last 48 h Nearest detected fire: about 407 km SW, 148 km N of Peace River.
Live satellite fire detections within 80 km of Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada, grouped into fire clusters, with the wind direction for smoke. Times are local (America/Edmonton).
- Fire clusters within 80 km
- 0 last 48 h
- Nearest fire
- 407 km SW
- Hotspot detections nearby
- 0 VIIRS 375 m pixels, last 48 h
- Wind now
- S 10 km/h gusts 24 km/h, humidity 64%
Fires near Fort Smith, NT right now
No VIIRS thermal hotspots were detected within 80 km of Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada in the last 48 h. The nearest detection cluster is about 407 km SW (148 km N of Peace River), with 1 detection. A clear result only covers satellite passes: small fires, fires under cloud and fires that start after the last overpass will not show yet.
Across Canada there are 109 fire clusters in the same window, 1 of them in Northwest Territories.
Smoke and wind
Wind at Fort Smith, NT is from the S at 10 km/h (gusts 24 km/h), so smoke near the city drifts toward the N. Relative humidity is 64% and the temperature -1°C.
Smoke shows up first as PM2.5 on air-quality monitors; the Fort Smith, NT air quality page has the live reading.
Evacuations and official information
GodsView shows satellite detections only. It does not know fire perimeters, containment or evacuation zones. Always follow evacuation orders from local authorities.
CIFFC (ciffc.net) publishes the national wildfire situation; provincial fire status and evacuation alerts come from NWT Fire (gov.nt.ca/en/services/wildfire-operations). Alertable and local emergency alerts carry evacuation orders.
About satellite fire detections
Satellite thermal hotspots are not all wildfires: gas flares, steel works, volcanoes and planned agricultural or prescribed burns show up too. VIIRS passes over most places about twice a day, so a fire can start or grow between passes, and thick smoke or cloud can hide one.
Fire radiative power (FRP) is the heat a fire gives off, in megawatts per pixel: under 10 MW is usually a small or smouldering fire, over 100 MW an intense flaming front.
Wildfires near other cities
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Data: NASA FIRMS (VIIRS active fires), Open-Meteo, GeoNames.