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Peace River E fire, 30 August 2022 Peace River E, Hudson's Hope

Out · last detection 22 Nov 2022, 20:38 UTC

The fire started on 30 August 2022 in Peace River E, Canada, and satellites saw it burning for 84 days. Canada’s CWFIS (Natural Resources Canada) mapped an official burnt perimeter of 27,554 hectares from satellite imagery, spread across 2 census subdivisions.

It is the 46th largest in British Columbia since 2016 (of 448 with a page). Number 11 in Canada in 2022, of 197.

Burnt area
27,554ha
official perimeter (CWFIS)
Duration
84days
30 Aug 2022 – 21 Nov 2022
Municipalities hit
2
municipalities
Started on
30 Aug
2022
Heat detections
7,456
in a single hotspot: 818 MW
Danger at start
6
Low · FWI index
Energy released
148.0GW
sum of detected power

Where it burned

22 Nov 2022
HOTSPOTS BY DAY 30 Aug21 Nov

How it evolved, day by day

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

The weather it burned in

23°high
108km/h · peak gust
22%lowest humidity

It had gone 0 days without rain (1 mm or more) when it started. Rain came after the fire: 7.0 mm on 23 Nov.

This area had burned before

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

What happened to each town

  1. Peace River E where it started
    27,934 ha reached on 30 Aug
    1.7 %
  2. Hudson's Hope
    22 ha
    0.0 %

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

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)
30 Aug 19.8 °C 47 % 72 km/h 0.0 mm Low 6
31 Aug 20.9 °C 28 % 62 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 15
1 Sept 18.0 °C 34 % 48 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 14
2 Sept 22.6 °C 39 % 47 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 14
3 Sept 20.5 °C 38 % 53 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 16
4 Sept 14.2 °C 45 % 63 km/h 1.3 mm Low 8
5 Sept 11.3 °C 50 % 70 km/h 0.5 mm Low 11
6 Sept 13.2 °C 42 % 50 km/h 0.2 mm Low 10
7 Sept 11.1 °C 57 % 59 km/h 0.9 mm Low 8
8 Sept 13.8 °C 36 % 44 km/h 0.0 mm Low 11
9 Sept 16.3 °C 41 % 61 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 14
10 Sept 19.9 °C 36 % 60 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 17
11 Sept 17.9 °C 22 % 38 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 18
12 Sept 13.7 °C 55 % 29 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 12
13 Sept 17.8 °C 27 % 28 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 16
14 Sept 19.7 °C 26 % 23 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 17
15 Sept 17.3 °C 41 % 43 km/h 0.1 mm Moderate 18
16 Sept 7.1 °C 70 % 28 km/h 10.5 mm Very low 0
17 Sept 12.1 °C 52 % 35 km/h 14.7 mm Very low 0
18 Sept 11.9 °C 47 % 44 km/h 6.0 mm Very low 0
19 Sept 9.0 °C 54 % 28 km/h 1.1 mm Very low 0
20 Sept 14.6 °C 39 % 41 km/h 0.0 mm Very low 1
21 Sept 18.3 °C 44 % 38 km/h 0.0 mm Very low 3
22 Sept 16.6 °C 42 % 67 km/h 0.0 mm Low 7
23 Sept 9.6 °C 50 % 70 km/h 0.0 mm Low 8
24 Sept 12.7 °C 42 % 72 km/h 0.0 mm Low 9
25 Sept 13.3 °C 68 % 57 km/h 0.7 mm Very low 4
26 Sept 18.4 °C 55 % 49 km/h 0.0 mm Very low 5
27 Sept 19.1 °C 39 % 43 km/h 0.0 mm Low 8
28 Sept 16.6 °C 55 % 32 km/h 2.1 mm Very low 1
29 Sept 16.4 °C 58 % 24 km/h 3.0 mm Very low 0
30 Sept 16.8 °C 49 % 35 km/h 0.0 mm Very low 1
1 Oct 17.4 °C 51 % 72 km/h 0.0 mm Very low 5
2 Oct 16.4 °C 46 % 58 km/h 0.0 mm Low 6
3 Oct 14.9 °C 35 % 40 km/h 0.0 mm Low 8
4 Oct 11.3 °C 47 % 30 km/h 12.7 mm Very low 0
5 Oct 8.8 °C 77 % 28 km/h 1.3 mm Very low 0
6 Oct 17.4 °C 48 % 24 km/h 0.0 mm Very low 1
7 Oct 17.1 °C 46 % 40 km/h 0.0 mm Very low 2
8 Oct 15.1 °C 47 % 37 km/h 0.0 mm Very low 4
9 Oct 15.2 °C 54 % 79 km/h 0.0 mm Low 6
10 Oct 11.4 °C 36 % 91 km/h 0.9 mm Low 6
11 Oct 8.1 °C 50 % 65 km/h 0.0 mm Low 6
12 Oct 11.7 °C 55 % 55 km/h 0.0 mm Low 5
13 Oct 14.1 °C 49 % 77 km/h 0.0 mm Low 7
14 Oct 13.4 °C 46 % 72 km/h 0.0 mm Low 8
15 Oct 14.9 °C 61 % 38 km/h 0.0 mm Low 6
16 Oct 16.5 °C 42 % 42 km/h 0.0 mm Low 7
17 Oct 16.0 °C 42 % 50 km/h 0.0 mm Low 8
18 Oct 14.3 °C 53 % 50 km/h 0.0 mm Low 8
19 Oct 10.7 °C 50 % 81 km/h 3.1 mm Very low 2
20 Oct 6.0 °C 47 % 62 km/h 0.0 mm Very low 2
21 Oct 4.0 °C 58 % 38 km/h 0.0 mm Very low 2
22 Oct -1.4 °C 74 % 35 km/h 4.1 mm Very low 0
23 Oct 1.3 °C 54 % 40 km/h 2.3 mm Very low 0
24 Oct 0.8 °C 76 % 31 km/h 5.2 mm Very low 0
25 Oct 0.2 °C 66 % 29 km/h 2.9 mm Very low 0
26 Oct 1.3 °C 68 % 104 km/h 5.3 mm Very low 0
27 Oct 2.3 °C 60 % 108 km/h 9.4 mm Very low 0
28 Oct 1.8 °C 61 % 75 km/h 4.5 mm Very low 0
29 Oct 2.5 °C 71 % 90 km/h 8.4 mm Very low 0
30 Oct 3.2 °C 56 % 79 km/h 0.8 mm Very low 0
31 Oct -1.8 °C 71 % 62 km/h 0.7 mm Very low 0
1 Nov -6.8 °C 61 % 32 km/h 1.1 mm Very low 0
2 Nov -5.9 °C 45 % 42 km/h 0.6 mm Very low 0
3 Nov -4.3 °C 57 % 77 km/h 1.6 mm Very low 0
4 Nov -1.4 °C 66 % 52 km/h 6.7 mm Very low 0
5 Nov -11.6 °C 72 % 40 km/h 8.4 mm Very low 0
6 Nov -17.7 °C 69 % 57 km/h 2.8 mm Very low 0
7 Nov -19.7 °C 73 % 63 km/h 3.8 mm Very low 0
8 Nov -16.7 °C 50 % 34 km/h 0.4 mm Very low 0
9 Nov -10.6 °C 50 % 45 km/h 0.0 mm Very low 0
10 Nov -8.2 °C 60 % 54 km/h 0.0 mm Very low 0
11 Nov -5.1 °C 72 % 58 km/h 0.4 mm Very low 0
12 Nov -5.5 °C 71 % 54 km/h 0.0 mm Very low 0
13 Nov -1.4 °C 76 % 67 km/h 0.0 mm Very low 0
14 Nov -1.0 °C 68 % 51 km/h 0.0 mm Very low 0
15 Nov 0.1 °C 75 % 52 km/h 0.0 mm Very low 0
16 Nov -3.7 °C 66 % 35 km/h 7.5 mm Very low 0
17 Nov -4.6 °C 54 % 40 km/h 0.0 mm Very low 0
18 Nov -6.0 °C 56 % 55 km/h 0.0 mm Very low 0
19 Nov -6.5 °C 57 % 62 km/h 0.0 mm Very low 0
20 Nov -3.0 °C 77 % 60 km/h 0.0 mm Very low 0
21 Nov 0.9 °C 82 % 82 km/h 1.5 mm Very low 0
22 Nov after 0.5 °C 81 % 84 km/h 1.1 mm Very low 0
23 Nov after 0.1 °C 81 % 78 km/h 7.0 mm Very low 0

Before and after, from space

Drag the line to compare the same ground before the fire and after it.

Before · 23 Aug 2022
After · 28 Nov 2022

If the day is cloudy, change the date: each satellite passes once a day. In false colour the burnt ground looks brown or red.

The smoke

CAMS · Copernicus

On 13 September 2022 the air beside the fire reached 710 µg/m³ of PM2.5. That day averaged 494: 33 times the WHO daily guideline (15).

PM2.5 peak710 µg/m³
Days over the guideline49 days
PM101,013 µg/m³
Optical depth4.52
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Particles from the Copernicus CAMS model at the centre of the perimeter; these are not measurements in each town. The pale bar is the worst hour, the solid one the daily average.

Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0) · Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS)

Detections table · 7,456Every 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 timeSatelliteFRP (MW)LatLon

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Frequently asked questions

How long did the Peace River E fire last?
It burned between 30 August 2022 and 21 November 2022: 84 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 27,554 hectares (275.5 km²). Other tallies, such as those of provincial agencies, may give slightly different figures.
Which census subdivisions burned?
The fire entered 2 census subdivisions: Peace River E (27,934 ha, 1.7 %); Hudson's Hope (22 ha, 0.0 %).
What was the weather like?
During the fire the temperature reached 22.6 °C, humidity dropped to 22 % and gusts hit 108 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 18, 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.

Emergency number: 911

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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.