Forecast layer
Nicola Valley smoke forecast
Use FireRadar's ECCC FireWork smoke forecast to see modelled smoke movement across and beyond Nicola Valley. Forecast smoke is not proof that a nearby wildfire is the source of local smoke.
Regional wildfire map · British Columbia
Nicola Valley wildfire map & smoke conditions
Track official wildfires, smoke forecast, and air-quality conditions across the Nicola Valley around Merritt, Logan Lake, ranch country, forested plateaus, and major Interior highways.
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 Nicola Valley wildfire snapshot
Latest source update: Aug 14, 2026, 10:20 a.m.
Active official fires
4
Direct British Columbia incident points inside the curated Nicola Valley regional extent.
Out of control
0
Current active records whose official status is out/not under control.
Reported active hectares
72,945 ha
4 active regional records report a usable size.
Largest reported active fire
63,807 ha
Ainslie 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 Nicola Valley
The Nicola Valley combines dry grasslands, forested plateaus, ranches, rural properties, lakes, Indigenous communities, power and resource infrastructure, and the Coquihalla, Highway 5A, Highway 8, and Highway 97C corridors. Fires can affect multiple roads and rural areas at once, making a valley-scale view more useful than treating Merritt or Logan Lake as isolated points.
Current official incidents
Active official wildfires in Nicola Valley
Latest completed comparison
What changed around Nicola Valley
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.
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 Nicola Valley regional cluster
Merritt wildfire map
Track current official wildfires and smoke context around Merritt and the Nicola Valley.
Logan Lake wildfire map
View official wildfire activity, smoke forecast, and air-quality context around Logan Lake and the Thompson-Nicola region.
Kamloops wildfire map
Check current official wildfires and nearby satellite hotspots around Kamloops and the Thompson region.
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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