Manitoba Satellite Hotspots
View satellite-detected heat activity across Manitoba from a province-focused map while keeping official Manitoba wildfire incidents as a separate dataset.
What a hotspot can tell you
A visible point represents a recent satellite-detected heat signal included in FireRadar’s NASA FIRMS feed. Several points close together can relate to one fire, multiple fires, repeated satellite observations, or another heat source. Hotspots can add independent observation context around a known incident, especially in remote areas.
What it cannot tell you
A hotspot is not an official incident record, fire perimeter, control status, evacuation area, or proof that a wildfire is out of control. Cloud, heavy smoke, orbit timing, surface conditions, and source filtering can also hide or duplicate detections. Use the official wildfire layer when you need a named incident and source status.
Why local geography matters
Large areas of northern Manitoba are forested, wetland-rich, remote, and sparsely roaded, so satellite observations can provide useful independent context between population centres. Clouds, smoke, industrial heat, repeated passes, and non-wildfire burning can still create missing or misleading detections. Manitoba FireView and provincial authorities remain the source for confirmed incidents.
Do not count hotspots as wildfires
FireRadar deliberately keeps NASA FIRMS detections outside direct-official wildfire totals. A map with many thermal points can represent fewer confirmed incidents, repeated observations, or non-wildfire heat. A map with no visible hotspot is also not proof that no wildfire is present.
Satellite source
FireRadar uses NASA FIRMS VIIRS thermal-detection data for this observation layer. Official Manitoba incident records stay in FireRadar’s wildfire layer and retain their own source provenance.
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