{"id":1814389,"date":"2023-05-10T20:21:01","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T00:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1814389"},"modified":"2023-05-10T20:21:01","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T00:21:01","slug":"wildfires-in-alberta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/05\/wildfires-in-alberta\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildfires in Alberta"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are some links to maps and satellite imagery of the wildfires devastating Alberta right now. The Alberta provincial government\u2019s Alberta Wildfire Status Dashboard<\/a> shows active wildfires and historical data; CBC News has produced four maps<\/a> that distill and simplify data from that dashboard. NASA Earth Observatory has images of the wildfires<\/a> from the Terra satellite\u2019s MODIS instrument.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here are some links to maps and satellite imagery of the wildfires devastating Alberta right now. The Alberta provincial government\u2019s Alberta Wildfire Status Dashboard shows active wildfires and historical data; CBC News has produced four… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[846,8],"tags":[404,131,487],"class_list":["post-1814389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-disasters","category-weather-and-climate","tag-alberta","tag-canada","tag-wildfires","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1815844,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/06\/two-ways-to-visualize-canadas-wildfires\/","url_meta":{"origin":1814389,"position":0},"title":"Two Ways to Visualize Canada’s Wildfires","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"18 June 2023","format":"link","excerpt":"The European Space Agency released this map showing the impact on atmospheric carbon monoxide from Canadian forest fires. \u201cUsing data from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P mission, the image shows the average concentration of carbon monoxide for 1 May to 13 June. The extremely high concentrations, which are depicted in deep tones\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Weather and Climate"","block_context":{"text":"Weather and Climate","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/weather-and-climate\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"European Space Agency map of Canada showing average concentration of carboon monoxide for 1 May to 13 June 2023.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/esa-monoxide-fires-canada-1024x849.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/esa-monoxide-fires-canada-1024x849.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/esa-monoxide-fires-canada-1024x849.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/esa-monoxide-fires-canada-1024x849.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1844,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/05\/canadian-wildfire-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":1814389,"position":1},"title":"Canadian Wildfire Maps","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"4 May 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"Yesterday wildfires swept through Fort McMurray, Alberta, the population centre of the oil sands industry, forcing the evacuation of nearly all of its more than 60,000 residents. It therefore seems timely to point to\u00a0the maps\u00a0produced by the Canadian Wildland Fire Information System. There are static maps of current conditions, fire\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Weather and Climate"","block_context":{"text":"Weather and Climate","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/weather-and-climate\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"nrcan-fire-danger","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/nrcan-fire-danger.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/nrcan-fire-danger.png?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/nrcan-fire-danger.png?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/nrcan-fire-danger.png?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1963,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/05\/satellite-imagery-of-fort-mcmurray-wildfire-damage\/","url_meta":{"origin":1814389,"position":2},"title":"Satellite Imagery of Fort McMurray Wildfire Damage","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"15 May 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"Satellite imagery from the Pl\u00e9iades-1A satellite\u00a0showing the extent of wildfire damage caused to Fort McMurray, Alberta can be viewed through a\u00a0web-based mapping application released by the government of Alberta. (Doesn't work in Safari for Mac; works fine in Chrome.) [CBC News] Previously:\u00a0DigitalGlobe Satellite Imagery of Fort McMurray;\u00a0Fort McMurray Fire Roundup.","rel":"","context":"In "Weather and Climate"","block_context":{"text":"Weather and Climate","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/weather-and-climate\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"ftmac-app","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ftmac-app-1024x651.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ftmac-app-1024x651.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ftmac-app-1024x651.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ftmac-app-1024x651.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1833268,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2024\/07\/a-map-of-wildfire-damage-in-jasper-alberta\/","url_meta":{"origin":1814389,"position":3},"title":"A Map of Wildfire Damage in Jasper, Alberta","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"27 July 2024","format":"link","excerpt":"Municipality of Jasper Fire forced the closure and evacuation of Jasper National Park this week, and the Jasper townsite itself was directly hit by flames on Wednesday. Parks Canada estimates about a third of the town\u2019s structures have been destroyed. Municipal officials released a preliminary map today showing the damaged\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Disasters"","block_context":{"text":"Disasters","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/disasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/jasper-fire-damage.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/jasper-fire-damage.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/jasper-fire-damage.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/jasper-fire-damage.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/jasper-fire-damage.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/jasper-fire-damage.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1982,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/05\/more-fort-mcmurray-satellite-images\/","url_meta":{"origin":1814389,"position":4},"title":"More Fort McMurray Satellite Images","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"16 May 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"Google Earth Blog has a roundup of the available satellite imagery of the Fort McMurray wildfire. 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