Forecast layer
Chilcotin smoke forecast
Use FireRadar's ECCC FireWork smoke forecast to see modelled smoke movement across and beyond Chilcotin. Forecast smoke is not proof that a nearby wildfire is the source of local smoke.
Regional wildfire map · British Columbia
Chilcotin wildfire map & smoke conditions
Track official wildfires, smoke forecast, and air-quality conditions across the Chilcotin plateau, Highway 20 corridor, remote ranch country, and forested approaches to the central coast.
Use the regional view to understand official incident geography across multiple communities, then compare forecast smoke and measured AQHI before drawing conclusions about local air quality.
Current direct-official data
Current Chilcotin wildfire snapshot
Latest source update: Aug 14, 2026, 10:20 a.m.
Active official fires
7
Direct British Columbia incident points inside the curated Chilcotin regional extent.
Out of control
4
Current active records whose official status is out/not under control.
Reported active hectares
85,219 ha
7 active regional records report a usable size.
Largest reported active fire
44,384 ha
French Bar Creek
Regional membership is based on FireRadar's curated geographic extent and source-provided incident point locations. It is not an emergency boundary, predicted spread area, or municipal jurisdiction.
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The dashed outline is FireRadar's curated regional counting extent. Incident points, smoke forecasts, and AQHI observations are separate datasets and should not be interpreted as evacuation boundaries or fire-spread predictions. FireRadar regional extents may overlap near transition areas. Regional totals are useful local summaries and must not be added together to produce a province total.
Regional context
Wildfire context across Chilcotin
The Chilcotin is a vast Interior plateau of forest, grassland, ranches, lakes, Indigenous communities, remote recreation areas, resource roads, and the long Highway 20 corridor. Fires may be far from a population centre while still affecting road access, ranch operations, remote properties, tourism, aviation, and smoke across a region where alternate routes and nearby services are limited.
Current official incidents
Active official wildfires in Chilcotin
Latest completed comparison
What changed around Chilcotin
Matched regional examples from FireRadar's completed 2026-08-13 → 2026-08-14 direct-official comparison. The retained incident-detail list is intentionally bounded, so absence here is not presented as proof that nothing changed in the region.
No regional incident from the bounded daily detail list matched a current source-provided point inside this extent. Use the province comparison for the complete jurisdiction-level counts.
Measured conditions
Air quality and AQHI
AQHI and observed PM2.5 provide measured air-quality context and remain distinct from FireWork forecast smoke. Station coverage varies across a region, especially in rural and remote areas.
British Columbia air quality map →Local wildfire maps
Communities in the Chilcotin regional cluster
Williams Lake wildfire map
Track current official wildfires and satellite hotspot context around Williams Lake and the Cariboo.
Bella Coola wildfire map
Track official wildfires and smoke around Bella Coola and the remote forested valleys of British Columbia's central coast.
100 Mile House wildfire map
View official wildfire activity and smoke context around 100 Mile House and the South Cariboo.
Official source and emergency information
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.
FireRadar does not issue evacuation orders, emergency notices, road closures, or fire-spread predictions. Follow provincial, municipal, Indigenous, and emergency authorities for current instructions.
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