{"id":3286,"date":"2026-07-17T18:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T18:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=3286"},"modified":"2026-07-17T18:38:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T18:38:00","slug":"use-these-maps-and-tools-to-track-wildfire-smokes-impact-across-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=3286","title":{"rendered":"Use these maps and tools to track wildfire smoke\u2019s impact across the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!--[--><!-- AiSummaryComponent.html --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><svg><title>Key Takeaways<\/title><defs><lineargradient><\/lineargradient><\/defs><\/svg><\/p>\n<div>Key Takeaways<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read our AI Policy.<\/p>\n<ul><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<li>Nearly 900 wildfires in Canada burned nearly 7 million acres and sent smoke to the U.S.<\/li>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<li>Wildfire smoke\u2019s PM2.5 fine particles caused over 160,000 U.S. deaths in 15 years.<\/li>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<li>Multiple agencies track fires and air quality, including NCFS, EPA AirNow, NOAA, and DEQ.<\/li>\n<p><!--]--><!--]--><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Almost 900 wildfires in Canada have burned nearly 7 million acres of land, sending smoke down into the United States this week.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=3284\">A Columbia Five Points restaurant has closed, but another will take its place<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The number of acres consumed by wildfires across the North America have dramatically increased in recent years, with a record-breaking number of wildfires in Canada in 2023 and 2025.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Wildfire smoke is made of a mix of pollutants, including fine and small particle pollution called PM2.5, one of the most dangerous forms of air pollution with prolonged or extreme exposure. Studies have shown that the increase in wildfires have stopped or reversed the gains made in air quality since the Clean Air Act in some states, and that fine particle pollution in wildfire smoke caused more than 160,000 deaths in the United States over 15 years.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=3283\">A Columbia Five Points restaurant has closed, but another will take its place<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Here area number of resources you can use to track air quality reports and wildfires.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=3281\">PSC dismisses questions about sparse environmental studies, OKs big SC gas plant<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>NOAA\u2019s Office of Satellite and Product Operations provides a fire and smoke hazard map: ospo.noaa.gov\/products\/land\/hms.html#maps<\/li>\n<li>The federal government\u2019s Wildfire Enterprise Geospatial Portal tracks wildfires in the states: egp.wildfire.gov\/maps<\/li>\n<li>The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s AirNow\u2019s fire and smoke map shows air quality ratings, fires and smoke plumes: fire.airnow.gov<\/li>\n<li>The National Weather Service releases fire hazard forecast maps for fire watches and warnings: weather.gov\/fire.<\/li>\n<li>IQAir, an Swizerland-based technology company that works to improve air quality, has a global map showing air quality: iqair.com\/air-quality-map<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Use maps and tools \u2014 including AirNow, NOAA and IQAir \u2014 to track how wildfire smoke is impacting air quality across the US northeast states and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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