Is there a fire near Medicine Hat right now?
Wildfires near Medicine Hat, AB
Updated
No satellite-detected fires within 80 km of Medicine Hat in the last 48 h Nearest detected fire: about 247 km ESE, 89 km SSE of Swift Current.
Live satellite fire detections within 80 km of Medicine Hat, 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
- 247 km ESE
- Hotspot detections nearby
- 0 VIIRS 375 m pixels, last 48 h
- Wind now
- ENE 17 km/h gusts 23 km/h, humidity 49%
Fires near Medicine Hat right now
No VIIRS thermal hotspots were detected within 80 km of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada in the last 48 h. The nearest detection cluster is about 247 km ESE (89 km SSE of Swift Current), with 5 detections. 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, 13 of them in Alberta.
Smoke and wind
Wind at Medicine Hat is from the ENE at 17 km/h (gusts 23 km/h), so smoke near the city drifts toward the WSW. Relative humidity is 49% and the temperature 5°C.
Smoke shows up first as PM2.5 on air-quality monitors; the Medicine Hat 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.