Park & recreation destination · Alberta

Wood Buffalo National Park wildfire map & smoke conditions

Track official wildfires and smoke near Wood Buffalo National Park, with regional context for Fort Smith, Fort McMurray, and the Alberta-Northwest Territories border.

Distances are measured from a representative point because a verified boundary is not available. Conditions may vary widely across large parks, lakes, districts and recreation areas.

Current official data · representative reference-point distance

Wildfire activity near the Wood Buffalo National Park reference point

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Within 100 km of reference point
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Nearest active fire to reference point
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Reference point: 59.000, -112.300. Distance is measured to FireRadar's representative place anchor because verified boundary geometry is not attached to this page. It is not a spread, evacuation, access, or safety distance.

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Wildfire context for Wood Buffalo National Park

Wood Buffalo National Park covers an immense boreal landscape of forest, wetlands, rivers, remote roads, backcountry, and communities separated by long distances. Wildfire is a natural and operationally important process here, while conditions can vary dramatically across the park's very large footprint.

Smoke forecast, air quality and fire weather

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Official wildfire source for Alberta

Official incident status comes from Alberta Wildfire. FireRadar excludes records that do not meet the direct-feed active-status rules used by the public map.

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Emergency, closure, and travel information

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Regional wildfire context near Wood Buffalo National Park

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Wood Buffalo →Northern Alberta →Lesser Slave Lake →

Community wildfire maps near Wood Buffalo National Park

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Fort Smith →Fort McMurray →Fort Chipewyan →High Level →Red Earth Creek →Wabasca →Conklin →Manning →

Related parks, routes and recreation areas

Alberta Highway 58 – High Level Corridor
Highway corridor · View official wildfires and smoke near Alberta Highway 58 west and east of High Level through remote boreal communities and forest country.
Alberta Highway 58
Highway corridor · Check official wildfires, smoke and fire-weather conditions near Alberta Highway 58. Use the responsible transportation authority for current road status.
Alberta Highway 88
Highway corridor · Track official wildfires and smoke near Alberta Highway 88 between Slave Lake and the remote boreal communities and energy areas of northern Alberta.
Alberta Highway 63 Corridor
Highway corridor · Track official wildfires and smoke near Alberta Highway 63 between the Edmonton region and Fort McMurray, with nearby-fire distances and regional links.
Alberta Highway 881
Highway corridor · Track official wildfires and smoke near Alberta Highway 881 through the boreal energy corridor between Lac La Biche and Fort McMurray approaches.
Alberta Highway 35 – Mackenzie Highway
Highway corridor · View official wildfires and smoke near Alberta Highway 35 from Manning and High Level toward the Northwest Territories border.