Is there a fire near Yellowknife right now?
Wildfires near Yellowknife, NT
Updated
No satellite-detected fires within 80 km of Yellowknife in the last 24 h Nearest detected fire: about 385 km WSW, remote Northwest Territories, 318 km WNW of Hay River.
Live satellite fire detections within 80 km of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, grouped into fire clusters, with the wind direction for smoke. Times are local (America/Edmonton).
- Fire clusters within 80 km
- 0 last 24 h
- Nearest fire
- 385 km WSW
- Hotspot detections nearby
- 0 VIIRS 375 m pixels, last 24 h
Fires near Yellowknife right now
No VIIRS thermal hotspots were detected within 80 km of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada in the last 24 h. The nearest detection cluster is about 385 km WSW (remote Northwest Territories, 318 km WNW of Hay River), with 3 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 73 fire clusters in the same window, 1 of them in Northwest Territories.
Smoke and wind
Current wind data was unavailable for this page; smoke generally drifts with the wind, so check local conditions.
Smoke shows up first as PM2.5 on air-quality monitors; the Yellowknife 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 NWT Fire (gov.nt.ca/en/services/wildfire-operations). 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.
More for this area
Data: NASA FIRMS (VIIRS active fires), Open-Meteo, GeoNames.