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Watson Lake wildfire map & smoke conditions
Track official Yukon wildfires and smoke around Watson Lake and southeastern Yukon.
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Current official data
Official wildfires near Watson Lake
Latest source update: Oct 2, 2026, 11:30 a.m. PDT
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Active official point records.
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7 recent out records are also within 100 km.
Nearest active fire elsewhere in Yukon
356 km
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Source: Yukon Wildland Fire Management
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Official Yukon text records are the source of truth. Geometry is used as placement context only when FireRadar can match the official fire ID.
Yukon Wildland Fire Management currently lists 78 records for Yukon. Nearby counts on this page cover 100 km from the community centre.
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Wildfire context around Watson Lake
Watson Lake is a remote highway and service centre surrounded by boreal forest, lakes, long transportation corridors, and smaller communities. Wildfires can affect road access, services, travel, and regional smoke across southeastern Yukon.
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Distances are calculated from the centre of the selected location to the point supplied for each record. The local activity list is limited to 100 km. A fire can be large, irregularly shaped, remote, or represented by a reference point rather than an exact perimeter.
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