Is there a fire near Jasper right now?

Wildfires near Jasper, AB

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No satellite-detected fires within 80 km of Jasper in the last 48 h Nearest detected fire: about 113 km NNE, 47 km NNE of Hinton.

Live satellite fire detections within 80 km of Jasper, Alberta, 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
113 km NNE
Hotspot detections nearby
0 VIIRS 375 m pixels, last 48 h
Wind now
N 2 km/h gusts 7 km/h, humidity 77%

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Fires near Jasper right now

No VIIRS thermal hotspots were detected within 80 km of Jasper, Alberta, Canada in the last 48 h. The nearest detection cluster is about 113 km NNE (47 km NNE of Hinton), 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 110 fire clusters in the same window, 13 of them in Alberta.

Smoke and wind

Wind at Jasper is from the N at 2 km/h (gusts 7 km/h), so smoke near the city drifts toward the S. Relative humidity is 77% and the temperature 0°C.

Smoke shows up first as PM2.5 on air-quality monitors; the Jasper 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 Alberta Wildfire (alberta.ca/wildfire-status). 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.