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Yukon Wildfires: Live Fire Map

26 active wildfires burning 4,283 acres in Yukon right now. Official Canadian data.

26
Active fires
4,283
Acres
16
Under 50% contained
11
Air quality · Good

Current situation in Yukon

Normal activity
Large fires (1K+)
1
New fires (48h)
0

Yukon currently has 26 active wildfires burning a combined 4,283 acres. One of them is a large incident of 1,000+ acres. The biggest is the XY011 fire at 2,348 acres. Air quality near the center of the province is good (AQI 11).

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Bold outline: Yukon boundary. Fires outside the border are in neighboring provinces.

This season vs the last decade

1% of an average year
Burning right now4.3K acres
10-year average (2016–2023, full year)451K acres

Fires currently burning in Yukon cover 4.3K acres. From 2016 to 2023, an average full year burned 451K acres here.

Active fires in Yukon

Wildfire history in Yukon

Large fires (200+ hectares) since 1990, Canadian National Fire Database.

2004
Worst year · 4.2M acres
31
Large fires / year · average
1,040
Total fires · since 1990
Acres burned by year
'10
'15
'20
'23
Large fires recorded by year
701391990: 21 fires19901991: 43 fires1992: 10 fires1993: 21 fires1994: 67 fires1995: 28 fires19951996: 22 fires1997: 4 fires1998: 34 fires1999: 37 fires2000: 7 fires20002001: 4 fires2002: 7 fires2003: 17 fires2004: 139 fires2005: 13 fires20052006: 18 fires2007: 19 fires2008: 12 fires2009: 31 fires2010: 21 fires20102011: 14 fires2012: 37 fires2013: 37 fires2014: 4 fires2015: 44 fires20152016: 4 fires2017: 44 fires2018: 20 fires2019: 38 fires2020: 4 fires20202021: 11 fires2022: 103 fires2023: 105 fires2023
Trend analysis

Over the last five years, Yukon averaged 476K acres burned and 52 fires per year. That is 6% up in acreage and 94% up in fire count versus the 1990–2018 baseline.

Emergency resources for Yukon

Official channels for evacuation orders, shelters, and emergency alerts. In an immediate emergency, call 911.

Yukon Wildfire InformationEvacuationsTerritorial fire map, danger ratings, and evacuation notices.wildfires.service.yukon.caGet Prepared (Public Safety Canada)Fire infoFederal guidance on emergency plans, kits, and regional alerts.canada.caCWFIS interactive fire mapFire infoNatural Resources Canada's national fire situation map.cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca

Fires near a city in Yukon

Whitehorse

Nearby provinces

Northwest Territories (198)Quebec (193)Ontario (178)Manitoba (144)Saskatchewan (48)British Columbia (38)