Forecast layer
Sahtu smoke forecast
Use FireRadar's ECCC FireWork smoke forecast to see modelled smoke movement across and beyond Sahtu. Forecast smoke is not proof that a nearby wildfire is the source of local smoke.
Regional wildfire map · Northwest Territories
Sahtu wildfire map & smoke conditions
View official wildfires and smoke across the Sahtu region of the Northwest Territories, including Norman Wells, Great Bear Lake approaches, Mackenzie Valley communities, and remote boreal terrain.
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 Sahtu wildfire snapshot
Latest source update: Aug 14, 2026, 8:45 a.m.
Active official fires
109
Direct Northwest Territories incident points inside the curated Sahtu regional extent.
Out of control
106
Current active records whose official status is out/not under control.
Reported active hectares
637,755 ha
109 active regional records report a usable size.
Largest reported active fire
128,911 ha
ZF017-26
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 Sahtu
The Sahtu contains enormous areas of boreal forest, tundra transition, major rivers and lakes, Indigenous communities, energy and exploration infrastructure, winter and all-season roads, and aviation-dependent locations. Wildfires can affect air and road access, work camps, traditional travel, community supply chains, and smoke across distances where local incident context must be paired with a broad regional view.
Current official incidents
Active official wildfires in Sahtu
ZF017-26
Out of control · 128,911 ha
FS027-26
Out of control · 88,658 ha
FS038-26
Out of control · 47,616 ha
ZF052-26
Out of control · 44,898 ha
VQ037-26
Out of control · 37,000 ha
VQ040-26
Out of control · 33,501 ha
FS046-26
Out of control · 29,334 ha
FS015-26 (North of Wrigley)
Out of control · 28,524 ha
VQ002-26
Out of control · 17,878 ha
FS018-26
Out of control · 16,346 ha
VQ039-26
Out of control · 15,555 ha
ZF049-26
Out of control · 14,537 ha
Latest completed comparison
What changed around Sahtu
Matched regional examples from FireRadar's completed 2026-08-12 → 2026-08-13 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.
Northwest Territories air quality map →Local wildfire maps
Communities in the Sahtu regional cluster
Norman Wells wildfire map
Track Northwest Territories wildfire and smoke context around Norman Wells and the Sahtu region.
Fort Simpson wildfire map
Track official Northwest Territories wildfires and smoke around Fort Simpson and the Dehcho region.
Inuvik wildfire map
Track Northwest Territories wildfire and smoke context around Inuvik and the Beaufort Delta region.
Official source and emergency information
GNWT fire-detail pages are the source of truth. Matched geometry is placement context and may not be an exact perimeter.
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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