Fire M3 Hotspots

Most recent
Season-to-date Hotspot Report
Date Daily Hotspots Year-to-date Hotspots Year-to-date Burned Area (ha) Smoke (km2) Cloud (%)
2020-09-30 0 0 173,274
2020-09-29 6 12,310 173,274 73
2020-09-28 13 12,304 173,055 76
2020-09-27 4 12,291 173,054 75
2020-09-26 60 12,287 173,054 68
2020-09-25 101 12,227 173,054 69
2020-09-24 24 12,126 173,054 461,246 71
2020-09-23 31 12,102 173,054 1,861,262 68
2020-09-22 97 12,071 173,054 2,254,603 60
2020-09-21 44 11,974 173,054 3,554,186 57
2020-09-20 12 11,930 173,054 3,347,363 60
2020-09-19 51 11,918 172,940 1,800,173 55
2020-09-18 59 11,867 172,705 1,702,954 56
2020-09-17 61 11,808 172,621 2,445,082 59
2020-09-16 73 11,747 172,554 3,444,451 63
2020-09-15 13 11,674 172,515 3,504,549 70
2020-09-14 9 11,661 172,502 3,151,906 73
2020-09-13 32 11,652 172,414 2,034,873 65
2020-09-12 66 11,620 172,208 688,505
2020-09-11 78 11,554 171,462 171,630
2020-09-10 36 11,476 171,144 171,133
2020-09-09 26 11,440 170,770 5,558
2020-09-08 25 11,414 170,748 8,164
2020-09-07 36 11,389 170,716 5,295
2020-09-06 63 11,353 170,489 228,666
2020-09-05 96 11,290 169,890 278,727 57
2020-09-04 55 11,194 168,038 52,099 65
2020-09-03 32 11,104 166,750 18,609 66
2020-09-02 27 11,073 166,683 73
2020-09-01 16 11,046 166,325 1,118 68
2020-08-31 4 11,030 166,311 10,200 67
2020-08-30 47 11,026 166,311 10,200 68
2020-08-29 56 10,979 165,464 35,442 66
2020-08-28 67 10,923 165,308 54,031 63
2020-08-27 83 10,856 165,144 19,057 63
2020-08-26 52 10,773 163,858 260,082 67
2020-08-25 34 10,721 163,086 453,020 70
2020-08-24 59 10,687 162,702 379,048 67
2020-08-23 48 10,628 161,414 245,138 62
2020-08-22 48 10,580 161,234 244,707 68
2020-08-21 59 10,532 160,804 17,614 71
2020-08-20 89 10,473 160,533 23,970 67
2020-08-19 155 10,384 158,190 11,569 62
2020-08-18 74 10,229 154,223 8,007 58
2020-08-17 55 10,155 153,354 4,880 60
2020-08-16 31 10,100 152,596 1,230 54
2020-08-15 39 10,069 152,321 77,429 54
2020-08-14 44 10,030 160,680 87,384 57
2020-08-13 100 9,986 159,059 89,088 58
2020-08-12 126 9,886 151,534 112,692 58
2020-08-11 134 9,760 155,813 105,539 60
2020-08-10 40 9,626 150,864 11,407 60
2020-08-09 61 9,586 150,282 3,647 58
2020-08-08 45 9,525 149,731 3,149 58
2020-08-07 39 9,480 149,578 52
2020-08-06 56 9,441 149,405 50
2020-08-05 47 9,385 149,109 52
2020-08-04 32 9,338 149,109 56
2020-08-03 32 9,306 149,109 1,043,657 62
2020-08-02 17 9,274 148,928 1,786,616 55
2020-08-01 43 9,257 148,770 1,575,296 46
2020-07-31 66 9,214 148,698 1,508,698 44
2020-07-30 53 9,148 148,168 1,199,998 51
2020-07-29 35 9,095 148,247 87,870 58
2020-07-28 21 9,060 148,247 86,619 55
2020-07-27 22 9,039 148,247 54
2020-07-26 26 9,017 147,838 55
2020-07-25 20 8,991 147,838 59
2020-07-24 35 8,971 147,838 6,958 61
2020-07-23 80 8,936 147,761 29,180 63
2020-07-22 81 8,856 146,468 29,306 63
2020-07-21 27 8,775 144,279 142 64
2020-07-20 27 8,748 144,166 142 63
2020-07-19 25 8,721 144,048 386 68
2020-07-18 24 8,696 143,896 530 65
2020-07-17 37 8,672 143,594 1,564 68
2020-07-16 32 8,635 143,272 1,095 68
2020-07-15 31 8,603 142,909 63
2020-07-14 13 8,572 142,798 60
2020-07-13 5 8,559 142,731 66
2020-07-12 16 8,554 142,731 70
2020-07-11 15 8,538 142,731 67
2020-07-10 36 8,523 142,676 64
2020-07-09 53 8,487 141,571 68
2020-07-08 43 8,434 140,704 69
2020-07-07 70 8,391 139,219 1,507 61
2020-07-06 31 8,321 137,150 1,507 58
2020-07-05 33 8,290 137,046 65
2020-07-04 41 8,257 136,434 61
2020-07-03 29 8,216 135,484 62
2020-07-02 5 8,187 126,964 678 64
2020-07-01 100 8,182 126,964 678 66
2020-06-30 120 8,082 124,110 65
2020-06-29 82 7,962 121,514 59
2020-06-28 30 7,880 118,637 64
2020-06-27 43 7,850 118,145 72
2020-06-26 35 7,807 117,973 66
2020-06-25 26 7,772 117,579 64
2020-06-24 42 7,746 117,579 66
2020-06-23 85 7,704 117,579 8,362 65
2020-06-22 53 7,619 115,084 14,047 64
2020-06-21 142 7,566 113,841 25,041 64
2020-06-20 424 7,424 108,791 135,659 64
2020-06-19 306 7,000 68,567 120,400 58
2020-06-18 124 6,694 73,976 30,781 57
2020-06-17 45 6,570 69,319 24,790 61
2020-06-16 50 6,525 69,102 15,752 59
2020-06-15 143 6,475 67,900 7,106 62
2020-06-14 102 6,332 63,956 59
2020-06-13 73 6,230 58,399 63
2020-06-12 50 6,157 56,535 64
2020-06-11 22 6,107 56,535 72
2020-06-10 32 6,085 56,535 70
2020-06-09 16 6,053 56,535 74
2020-06-08 13 6,037 56,535 155 78
2020-06-07 0 6,024 56,535 801 75
2020-06-06 89 6,024 56,535 801 70
2020-06-05 64 5,935 52,676 66
2020-06-04 67 5,871 48,619 68
2020-06-03 50 5,804 50,914 182 72
2020-06-02 123 5,754 50,469 182 73
2020-06-01 68 5,631 47,126 110 73
2020-05-31 28 5,563 47,112 110 73
2020-05-30 144 5,535 47,112 69
2020-05-29 95 5,391 46,966 73
2020-05-28 28 5,296 47,112 65
2020-05-27 46 5,268 46,966 180 62
2020-05-26 43 5,222 46,966 1,263 69
2020-05-25 116 5,179 46,966 1,308 68
2020-05-24 114 5,063 46,954 1,052 58
2020-05-23 153 4,949 46,954 61
2020-05-22 119 4,796 46,814 65
2020-05-21 52 4,677 46,173 3,726 64
2020-05-20 262 4,625 46,173 16,415 58
2020-05-19 371 4,363 3,055 35,915 63
2020-05-18 145 3,992 27,294 78,722 66
2020-05-17 367 3,847 26,047 56,720 67
2020-05-16 383 3,480 1,054 3,435 68
2020-05-15 228 3,097 1,054 10,786 66
2020-05-14 95 2,869 5,202 10,786 64
2020-05-13 67 2,774 3,176 31 54
2020-05-12 534 2,707 3,394 31 51
2020-05-11 269 2,173 2,611 52
2020-05-10 46 1,904 2,611 61
2020-05-09 68 1,858 2,608 60
2020-05-08 212 1,790 2,393 64
2020-05-07 403 1,578 271 60
2020-05-06 277 1,175 271 57
2020-05-05 87 898 271 58
2020-05-04 15 811 271 153 65
2020-05-03 107 796 271 153 67
2020-05-02 41 689 271 67
2020-05-01 7 648 271 70

Cumulative area burned in Canada by year estimated from satellite hotspots

A hotspot is a satellite image pixel with high infrared intensity, indicating a heat source. Hotspots from known industrial sources are removed; the remaining hotspots represent vegetation fires, which can be in forest, grass, cropland, or logging debris. A hotspot may represent one fire or be one of several hotspots representing a larger fire. Not all fires can be identified from satellite imagery, either because the fires are too small or because cloud cover obscures the satellite's view of the ground.

The Fire M3 hotspots are obtained from multiple sources:

  1. Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) imagery, courtesy of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS).
  2. Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) imagery, courtesy of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Land, Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS (LANCE) Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS), and from the Active Fire Mapping Program, Remote Sensing Applications Center (RSAC), USDA Forest Service. (https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/usfs/)
  3. Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) imagery, courtesy of NASA LANCE FIRMS, University of Maryland and RSAC.

Smoke and cloud data courtesy National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO) -- http://www.ospo.noaa.gov