Is there a fire near Haines Junction right now?

Wildfires near Haines Junction, YT

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No satellite-detected fires within 80 km of Haines Junction in the last 48 h No detections within 600 km either.

Live satellite fire detections within 80 km of Haines Junction, Yukon, Canada, grouped into fire clusters, with the wind direction for smoke. Times are local (America/Whitehorse).

Fire clusters within 80 km
0 last 48 h
Nearest fire
none within 600 km
Hotspot detections nearby
0 VIIRS 375 m pixels, last 48 h
Wind now
NW 1 km/h gusts 11 km/h, humidity 78%

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Fires near Haines Junction right now

No VIIRS thermal hotspots were detected within 80 km of Haines Junction, Yukon, Canada in the last 48 h. There are no detections within 600 km. 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 77 fire clusters in the same window.

Smoke and wind

Wind at Haines Junction is from the NW at 1 km/h (gusts 11 km/h), so smoke near the city drifts toward the SE. Relative humidity is 78% and the temperature -5°C.

Smoke shows up first as PM2.5 on air-quality monitors; the Haines Junction 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 Yukon Wildland Fire Management (yukon.ca/fire). 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.

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Data: NASA FIRMS (VIIRS active fires), Open-Meteo, GeoNames.