Is there a fire near Napanee right now?

Wildfires near Napanee, ON

Updated

2 fire clusters within 80 km; nearest 15 km SE, 1 detection in the last 48 h Latest satellite pass with a detection: Sun 4:11 am local (2026-10-25 08:11 UTC).

Live satellite fire detections within 80 km of Napanee, Ontario, Canada, grouped into fire clusters, with the wind direction for smoke. Times are local (America/Toronto).

Fire clusters within 80 km
2 last 48 h
Nearest fire
15 km SE 14 km WSW of Amherstview
Hotspot detections nearby
4 VIIRS 375 m pixels, last 48 h
Strongest fire radiative power
1 MW low-intensity
Wind now
SSW 13 km/h gusts 21 km/h, humidity 66%

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Fires near Napanee right now

NASA's VIIRS sensors detected 4 thermal hotspots in 2 separate clusters within 80 km of Napanee, Ontario, Canada in the last 48 h. The closest is 15 km SE of the city centre (14 km WSW of Amherstview), with 1 detection and a peak fire radiative power of 1 MW, which is low-intensity for a single 375 m pixel.

1 cluster is within 25 km, close enough that smoke, ash or road closures may affect the city. Distances are measured from the city centre to the nearest detection, not to the fire's edge.

Every nearby cluster is low intensity (peak under 10 MW), which is typical of agricultural or garden burning, industrial heat sources such as steel works or flares, or small fires rather than a spreading wildfire.

The largest nearby cluster by detections is 26 km SSW (12 km ENE of Prince Edward) with 3 detections; first seen Sun 2 am and last seen Sun 4 am local time.

Across Canada there are 109 fire clusters in the same window, 24 of them in Ontario.

Fire clusterFrom cityDetectionsPeak FRPFirst seenLast seen
14 km WSW of Amherstview15 km SE11 MWSat 2:50 amSat 2:50 am
12 km ENE of Prince Edward26 km SSW31 MWSun 2:31 amSun 4:11 am

Smoke and wind

Wind at Napanee is from the SSW at 13 km/h (gusts 21 km/h), so smoke near the city drifts toward the NNE. Relative humidity is 66% and the temperature 15°C.

Napanee is not directly downwind of the nearest fire at the moment, though winds shift and plumes from larger fires can still reach the city.

Smoke shows up first as PM2.5 on air-quality monitors; the Napanee 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 Ontario Forest Fires (ontario.ca/page/forest-fires). 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.