Smoke near Tahsis
Open the ECCC FireWork smoke forecast already centred on this community. Forecast smoke is modelled guidance, not a confirmed local measurement.
Open Tahsis smoke pageBritish Columbia smoke map →View official wildfire activity, smoke forecast and AQHI context around Tahsis and the remote west coast of Vancouver Island.
Use the local view for nearby official wildfire activity, then check smoke forecast and AQHI context before drawing conclusions about local air quality.
Wildfire Watch monitors meaningful direct-official wildfire activity around Tahsis, keeps reassessing FireRadar Concern Level as published conditions change, and Plus can text you when concern rises.
Historical wildfire data stays free. Plus adds the tools to compare dates, seasons, jurisdictions, communities and retained fire changes without inventing data where coverage is missing.
Distances are straight-line measurements to source-provided point locations, not fire perimeters, evacuation boundaries, or safety ratings.
These timestamps are intentionally separate: the responsible agency owns the source update, FireRadar records when it retrieved the data, and page generation does not replace either timestamp.
There are 16 current official British Columbia fire points within 100 km of the community centre. The nearest current official point is 21 km east near V91654.
Open the nearest official fire record →Open the ECCC FireWork smoke forecast already centred on this community. Forecast smoke is modelled guidance, not a confirmed local measurement.
Open Tahsis smoke pageBritish Columbia smoke map →Loading the latest official AQHI observation near Tahsis…
Open local air qualityReview FireRadar’s current-day official wildfire changes, including newly observed fires and status movement, then return here for the local geographic context.
Review today’s changesWithin 25 km: 2 · within 50 km: 12 · within 100 km: 16.
There are 2 recent out or extinguished official records within 100 km.
Official incident markers come from the BC Wildfire Service feed. Marker locations are informational and do not replace official emergency notices or local emergency instructions.
The current verified British Columbia source payload contains 140 official records before FireRadar separates active and recent-out context.
Tahsis sits at the head of Tahsis Inlet beyond a long mountain road from Gold River, with dense coastal forest, logging roads, recreation areas and marine access surrounding the community. Wildfires can affect the only road connection, forestry and backcountry activity, while steep valleys and Pacific weather can change the direction and duration of smoke reaching the settlement.
Official incident markers come from the BC Wildfire Service feed. Marker locations are informational and do not replace official emergency notices or local emergency instructions.
Open BC Wildfire Service →Distances are calculated from the centre of the selected location to the point supplied for each record. A fire can be large, irregularly shaped, remote, or represented by a reference point rather than an exact perimeter.
FireRadar does not issue official emergency notices, road closures, or fire-spread predictions. Follow provincial, territorial, municipal, Indigenous, and emergency authorities for current instructions.
FireRadar prioritizes communities in the same regional cluster, then the same province, followed by the nearest curated local pages.