{"id":768607,"date":"2025-09-17T15:22:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T22:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=arcwatch&p=768607"},"modified":"2025-09-18T14:54:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T21:54:56","slug":"map-smoke-from-canadian-wildfires","status":"publish","type":"arcwatch","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcwatch\/map-smoke-from-canadian-wildfires","title":{"rendered":"Map Smoke from Canadian Wildfires"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5342,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","castos_file_data":"","podmotor_file_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10872],"tags":[151652,151562,295152,205752],"arcwatch_issues":[493197],"class_list":["post-768607","arcwatch","type-arcwatch","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tutorial","tag-arcgis-living-atlas-of-the-world","tag-canada","tag-map-viewer","tag-wildfires","arcwatch_issues-september-2025","arcwatch_sections-the-tip"],"acf":{"short_description":"Use data from ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World to make a Canadian smoke and fire map that explores current smoke conditions and air quality. ","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":"","file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Canada\u2019s 2025 wildfire season is the second-worst on record, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. Scientists link the surge in fires to environmental changes that are extending fire seasons and drying landscapes. ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World<\/a>\u00a0(ArcGIS Living Atlas) includes authoritative content to help explore current and predicted smoke conditions as well as current air quality resulting from the Canadian wildfires. Follow these steps to make a Canadian smoke, fire, and air-quality map.\r\n\r\n1. Sign in to your ArcGIS account and open Map Viewer. There are two ways to add layers from the Contents (dark) toolbar:\r\n\r\n(1) Click\u00a0Add, then\u00a0Browse layers."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":768611,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"or (2) Click\u00a0Layers, then\u00a0Add."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":768612,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"2. Choose Living Atlas from the Add layer drop-down menu."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":768613,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"3. Enter the word \u201csmoke\u201d in the search bar to locate matching layers from ArcGIS Living Atlas. Locate the National Weather Service Smoke Forecast layer and click the + Add button to add it to the map."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":768622,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Tip:\u00a0To learn more about any layer, click the layer card to\u00a0view the item\u2019s information such as an overview and a description. Click\u00a0View details\u00a0at the bottom to open the item page."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":768615,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"The\u00a0National Weather Service Smoke Forecast<\/a>\u00a0item shows that the layer displays projected visible surface smoke for the next 48 hours in 1-hour increments and is updated every 24 hours by the National Weather Service.\r\n\r\n4. If you visited the item page, go back to your map in Map Viewer. Currently, the map shows the spread of smoke from fires in Canada and the US. Because the layer is time-enabled, a time slider automatically appears at the bottom of the map that allows you to play or step through the time intervals in the forecast."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":768616,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Clicking on a yellow, orange, or red area on the map brings up a pop-up that delivers additional information about the smoke polygons."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":768617,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"5. With a few additional steps, the map can be customized using styles, effects, and additional layers to make it more expressive.\r\n\r\nYou can alter layer transparency and symbols to emphasize the content you want or use\u00a0effects\u00a0to emphasize layers or alter their display.\r\n