Forecast
Smoke near Yellowknife
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Yellowknife wildfire map & smoke conditions
View current official Northwest Territories wildfires and satellite hotspot context around Yellowknife.
Use the local view for nearby official wildfire activity, then check smoke forecast and AQHI context before drawing conclusions about local air quality.
Current direct-official data
Official wildfires near Yellowknife
Latest source update: Aug 26, 2026, 5:57 p.m. PDT
Within 25 km
0
Active official point records.
Within 50 km
0
Active official point records.
Within 100 km
3
0 recent out records are also within 100 km.
Distances are straight-line measurements to source-provided point locations, not fire perimeters, evacuation boundaries, or safety ratings.
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FireRadar Fire Danger
Current Fire Danger near Yellowknife
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Fire Danger describes conditions for ignition and spread; it does not mean a wildfire is burning or that outdoor burning is permitted. Check current fire bans →
Official restriction context
Fire bans & restrictions around Yellowknife
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Data trust & freshness
Responsible source: Government of the Northwest Territories Environment and Climate Change
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- Jurisdiction-specific; FireRadar applies the published source freshness policy
Coverage: GNWT fire-detail pages are the source of truth. Matched geometry is placement context and may not be an exact perimeter. Local counts use the community centre and a 100 km radius; unavailable data never becomes zero.
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.
Observation
AQHI and PM2.5 context
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Current official fire details within 100 km of Yellowknife
The snapshot above owns the local counts and nearest-fire answer. This section lists up to six current in-radius incident records when there is local activity to inspect.
Source, geography and next steps
GNWT fire-detail pages are the source of truth. Matched geometry is placement context and may not be an exact perimeter.
The current verified Northwest Territories source payload contains 220 official records before FireRadar separates active and recent-out context. Local counts on this page are limited to 100 km from the community centre.
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Wildfire context around Yellowknife
Yellowknife is connected to remote communities and extensive boreal terrain across the Northwest Territories. FireRadar shows official GNWT records where map placement can be matched, but users should follow territorial and local emergency authorities.
How to read local distance results
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.
Emergency information
FireRadar does not issue official emergency notices, road closures, or fire-spread predictions. Follow provincial, territorial, municipal, Indigenous, and emergency authorities for current instructions.
Nearby and regional community wildfire maps
FireRadar prioritizes communities in the same regional cluster, then the same province, followed by the nearest curated local pages.