How long did the Kenora, Unorganized fire last?

It burned between 11 June 2017 and 27 August 2017: 78 days, according to the dates recorded by Canada’s CWFIS and the heat detections seen by satellite.

How much area did it burn?

The official perimeter mapped by Canada’s CWFIS (Natural Resources Canada) is 13,731 hectares (137.3 km²). Other tallies, such as those of provincial agencies, may give slightly different figures.

Which census subdivisions burned?

The fire only entered Kenora, Unorganized (13,359 ha, 0.0 %).

What was the weather like?

During the fire the temperature reached 28.3 °C, humidity dropped to 14 % and gusts hit 70 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 19, class Moderate.

Where does this data come from?

From the official burnt perimeter of Canada’s CWFIS (NBAC, Natural Resources Canada) or, for the current season and until NBAC publishes it, the one rebuilt by GWIS (Copernicus); from NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots; and from the administrative boundaries of Canada. It is not an official report.

CA · Canada · 2017-06-11 → 2017-08-27

Kenora, Unorganized fire, 11 June 2017 Kenora, Unorganized

Out · last detection 13 Aug 2017, 07:57 UTC

The fire started on 11 June 2017 in Kenora, Unorganized, Canada, and satellites saw it burning for 78 days. Canada’s CWFIS (Natural Resources Canada) mapped an official burnt perimeter of 13,731 hectares from satellite imagery, spread across a single census subdivision.

It is the 42th largest in Ontario since 2016 (of 247 with a page). Number 36 in Canada in 2017, of 242.

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Burnt area: 13,731ha; official perimeter (CWFIS)
Duration: 78days; 11 Jun 2017 – 27 Aug 2017
Census subdivisions hit: 1; municipalities
Started on: 11 Jun; 2017
Heat detections: 618; in a single hotspot: 368 MW
Danger at start: 0; Very low · FWI index
Average daily power: 480MW; detected power per day, on average

HOTSPOTS BY DAY 11 Jun27 Aug

Play back 13 Aug 2017

How it evolved, day by day

3 Jul 11 Jul 14 Jul 16 Jul 21 Jul 29 Jul 10 Aug

Fire radiative power detected each day, in megawatts, and number of hotspots. The magenta bar marks the peak day.

The weather it burned in

28°high

70km/h · peak gust

14%lowest humidity

It had gone 0 days without rain (1 mm or more) when it started. Rain came after the fire: 18.1 mm on 29 Aug.

This area had burned before

No earlier perimeters overlap this fire since 2016, when the satellite record begins.

How big is it?

It burned the equivalent of 8.7% of the area of London (137 km² against 1,583 km²).

London boundary: geoBoundaries · Office for National Statistics (Open Government Licence v3.0).

This compares size, not location: both shapes are at the same scale, north up, centred on each other.

What happened to each census subdivision

Kenora, Unorganized where it started

13,359 ha reached on 3 Jul

0.0 %

Burnt area inside each census subdivision, from crossing the official perimeter with administrative boundaries. The distance runs from the point marking the centre of each area to the nearest fire: staying a kilometre away does not mean it reached the houses.

People and buildings inside the perimeter

GHSL 2015

Built-up area< 0.1 ha

Residents< 20

Inside the perimeter there was no noticeable built-up land and almost nobody lived there (GHSL 2015, satellite-based estimate).

This is an estimate on 100 m cells, made from satellite imagery and census data: it does not mean that homes burned or that anyone was harmed. The perimeter also contains land that never burned.

Source: Global Human Settlement Layer (GHS-BUILT-S and GHS-POP R2023A), European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC), © European Union, CC BY 4.0. Sum inside the perimeter computed by WorldFires. human-settlement.emergency.copernicus.eu

The weather day by day

ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis at the fire location, the standard reference for past weather, and the Canadian Fire Weather Index (the same system Copernicus uses), computed by WorldFires from that data. Days after the fire run until the first rain.

Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0) · Copernicus Climate Change Service (ERA5)

Day	High	Min. humidity	Peak gust	Rain	Danger (FWI)
11 Jun	17.1 °C	55 %	67 km/h	7.3 mm	Very low 0
12 Jun	17.6 °C	29 %	52 km/h	2.2 mm	Very low 1
13 Jun	16.7 °C	37 %	26 km/h	0.0 mm	Very low 3
14 Jun	12.9 °C	50 %	52 km/h	5.8 mm	Very low 0
15 Jun	17.6 °C	73 %	46 km/h	9.2 mm	Very low 0
16 Jun	18.5 °C	68 %	31 km/h	8.5 mm	Very low 0
17 Jun	15.7 °C	75 %	23 km/h	1.2 mm	Very low 0
18 Jun	10.6 °C	88 %	29 km/h	0.8 mm	Very low 0
19 Jun	12.1 °C	78 %	29 km/h	0.9 mm	Very low 0
20 Jun	17.9 °C	37 %	32 km/h	0.0 mm	Very low 1
21 Jun	21.4 °C	28 %	21 km/h	0.0 mm	Very low 5
22 Jun	17.4 °C	58 %	28 km/h	5.1 mm	Very low 0
23 Jun	16.2 °C	50 %	34 km/h	2.9 mm	Very low 0
24 Jun	14.7 °C	50 %	34 km/h	0.0 mm	Very low 1
25 Jun	14.1 °C	43 %	23 km/h	0.2 mm	Very low 2
26 Jun	15.4 °C	38 %	38 km/h	0.2 mm	Low 6
27 Jun	20.7 °C	41 %	40 km/h	2.6 mm	Very low 2
28 Jun	18.1 °C	49 %	28 km/h	0.0 mm	Very low 3
29 Jun	17.1 °C	56 %	29 km/h	0.4 mm	Very low 4
30 Jun	17.5 °C	53 %	23 km/h	0.2 mm	Very low 4
1 Jul	18.3 °C	63 %	24 km/h	1.0 mm	Very low 2
2 Jul	18.8 °C	43 %	39 km/h	0.0 mm	Low 6
3 Jul	25.5 °C	14 %	18 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 15
4 Jul	24.4 °C	36 %	38 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 17
5 Jul	25.4 °C	28 %	38 km/h	5.8 mm	Very low 3
6 Jul	21.1 °C	44 %	42 km/h	0.0 mm	Low 7
7 Jul	20.5 °C	39 %	32 km/h	0.0 mm	Low 9
8 Jul	17.0 °C	53 %	42 km/h	5.5 mm	Very low 1
9 Jul	18.0 °C	52 %	28 km/h	4.7 mm	Very low 0
10 Jul	20.6 °C	40 %	45 km/h	0.0 mm	Very low 3
11 Jul	15.9 °C	35 %	23 km/h	0.0 mm	Very low 5
12 Jul	18.0 °C	41 %	27 km/h	0.0 mm	Low 7
13 Jul	25.5 °C	17 %	15 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 15
14 Jul	25.5 °C	28 %	41 km/h	0.2 mm	Moderate 19
15 Jul	18.7 °C	39 %	36 km/h	4.9 mm	Very low 2
16 Jul	24.2 °C	28 %	29 km/h	0.0 mm	Low 9
17 Jul	21.2 °C	44 %	50 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 12
18 Jul	22.3 °C	38 %	40 km/h	0.2 mm	Moderate 13
19 Jul	20.1 °C	41 %	37 km/h	1.1 mm	Low 7
20 Jul	21.5 °C	38 %	52 km/h	4.1 mm	Very low 4
21 Jul	18.3 °C	40 %	25 km/h	0.0 mm	Very low 5
22 Jul	20.8 °C	37 %	22 km/h	0.0 mm	Low 10
23 Jul	25.4 °C	22 %	23 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 17
24 Jul	25.6 °C	36 %	27 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 18
25 Jul	25.4 °C	45 %	70 km/h	14.0 mm	Very low 3
26 Jul	20.3 °C	61 %	57 km/h	1.8 mm	Very low 3
27 Jul	23.8 °C	31 %	18 km/h	0.0 mm	Low 6
28 Jul	26.9 °C	37 %	30 km/h	0.0 mm	Low 11
29 Jul	28.3 °C	37 %	39 km/h	1.4 mm	Low 10
30 Jul	24.3 °C	49 %	30 km/h	0.0 mm	Low 9
31 Jul	24.4 °C	55 %	51 km/h	6.2 mm	Very low 2
1 Aug	18.7 °C	59 %	50 km/h	0.0 mm	Very low 4
2 Aug	15.6 °C	44 %	32 km/h	0.0 mm	Low 6
3 Aug	19.5 °C	43 %	37 km/h	0.0 mm	Low 9
4 Aug	18.7 °C	38 %	30 km/h	0.0 mm	Low 10
5 Aug	14.3 °C	60 %	34 km/h	0.0 mm	Low 8
6 Aug	20.2 °C	37 %	25 km/h	0.0 mm	Low 10
7 Aug	24.1 °C	41 %	40 km/h	10.0 mm	Very low 1
8 Aug	17.5 °C	53 %	33 km/h	2.0 mm	Very low 1
9 Aug	20.2 °C	42 %	39 km/h	0.0 mm	Very low 5
10 Aug	19.4 °C	38 %	26 km/h	0.0 mm	Low 7
11 Aug	23.2 °C	37 %	23 km/h	0.0 mm	Low 9
12 Aug	23.5 °C	49 %	22 km/h	0.6 mm	Low 8
13 Aug	22.0 °C	54 %	18 km/h	2.0 mm	Very low 2
14 Aug	18.2 °C	60 %	35 km/h	4.3 mm	Very low 1
15 Aug	21.2 °C	42 %	19 km/h	0.0 mm	Very low 2
16 Aug	22.3 °C	46 %	22 km/h	0.0 mm	Low 6
17 Aug	19.9 °C	59 %	22 km/h	0.9 mm	Very low 4
18 Aug	21.7 °C	59 %	23 km/h	0.6 mm	Very low 4
19 Aug	24.7 °C	39 %	32 km/h	0.2 mm	Low 11
20 Aug	22.0 °C	47 %	50 km/h	9.6 mm	Very low 1
21 Aug	21.2 °C	40 %	47 km/h	0.0 mm	Very low 5
22 Aug	14.5 °C	73 %	53 km/h	4.6 mm	Very low 0
23 Aug	15.2 °C	32 %	44 km/h	0.0 mm	Very low 2
24 Aug	17.3 °C	42 %	30 km/h	0.0 mm	Very low 4
25 Aug	19.9 °C	46 %	19 km/h	0.0 mm	Low 6
26 Aug	22.0 °C	31 %	36 km/h	0.0 mm	Low 11
27 Aug	20.1 °C	53 %	29 km/h	1.5 mm	Very low 4
28 Aug after	21.6 °C	57 %	36 km/h	0.0 mm	Low 7
29 Aug after	20.8 °C	57 %	40 km/h	18.1 mm	Very low 0

Before and after, from space

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Before · 4 Jun 2017

After · 3 Sept 2017

Before After

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Detections table · 618Every satellite heat detection, one by one, with time, satellite, power and coordinates.

⬇ Download CSV Times in UTC. Each detection is a 375 m pixel: a large fire yields hundreds per pass.

Date and time	Satellite	FRP (MW)	Lat	Lon

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Frequently asked questions

How long did the Kenora, Unorganized fire last?: It burned between 11 June 2017 and 27 August 2017: 78 days, according to the dates recorded by Canada’s CWFIS and the heat detections seen by satellite.
How much area did it burn?: The official perimeter mapped by Canada’s CWFIS (Natural Resources Canada) is 13,731 hectares (137.3 km²). Other tallies, such as those of provincial agencies, may give slightly different figures.
Which census subdivisions burned?: The fire only entered Kenora, Unorganized (13,359 ha, 0.0 %).
What was the weather like?: During the fire the temperature reached 28.3 °C, humidity dropped to 14 % and gusts hit 70 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 19, class Moderate.
Where does this data come from?: From the official burnt perimeter of Canada’s CWFIS (NBAC, Natural Resources Canada) or, for the current season and until NBAC publishes it, the one rebuilt by GWIS (Copernicus); from NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots; and from the administrative boundaries of Canada. It is not an official report.

Where to verify it

A satellite detection is not an official report. Final figures and the fire’s status are published by each country’s emergency service.

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Perimeter: NBAC (Natural Resources Canada), official.
Dates from the perimeter: the VIIRS detections inside it did not change them. 618 Suomi-NPP VIIRS detections on those dates.
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Weather: Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis at the fire location, in cells of about 25 km.
Built-up area and population come from the JRC Global Human Settlement Layer (epoch 2015, 100 m cells), summed inside the perimeter: an estimate of what was there, not a damage count.

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Where this data comes from

The perimeter is official: it comes from the National Burned Area Composite (NBAC) of the Canadian Wildland Fire Information System (CWFIS), Natural Resources Canada, which maps it on satellite imagery and publishes it under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Until NBAC publishes the current season, this year’s fires carry the perimeter rebuilt from heat detections by GWIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0), which is approximate. Heat detections come from the VIIRS sensors aboard Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20, distributed by NASA FIRMS at 375 m resolution. Census subdivision boundaries come from geoBoundaries ADM3 (Open Data Commons Open Database License 1.0). The area per census subdivision is computed by WorldFires by crossing the perimeter with those boundaries, so it may differ slightly from official figures.

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