Wildfires near Swift Current, SK

Fires near Swift Current right now

No VIIRS thermal hotspots were detected within 80 km of Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada in the last 48 h. The nearest detection cluster is about 210 km W (4 km WNW of Medicine Hat), 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 131 fire clusters in the same window, 1 of them in Saskatchewan.

Smoke and wind

Wind at Swift Current is from the SSW at 8 km/h (gusts 13 km/h), so smoke near the city drifts toward the NNE. Relative humidity is 98% and the temperature 3°C.

Smoke shows up first as PM2.5 on air-quality monitors; the Swift Current 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 the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (saskpublicsafety.ca). 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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