How to add the most recent wildfire data?

This documentation is always evolving.

This article focuses on Mapcreator Next and its features. For details about the previous version of Mapcreator, click here.

With Mapcreator, you can create a map with the latest drought data from the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) in the USA and from the Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN) in Canada, both are updated every 60 minutes. 

The Wildfire layers contain the known perimeter of all current active wildfires and is updated with the latest data from the NIFC and NRCAN, both in the tool as well as in any interactive output you create. Add it onto your website and there will be an automatic widget showing the latest information to your audience.

Where to find it
The wildfires live data layers can be found under the ‘’Data overlay’’ menu. This is located under the fourth icon of the top left menu, where ‘’Live Data’’ will be at the top. 

After selecting the ‘’Wildfires US’’, ‘’Wildfires CA’’ or both, the data will automatically appear on the map. The data is split up between ‘’Wildfires’’ and ‘’Wildfire Perimeters’’.In the ‘’Layers’’ menu you can control the data visibility. Here you can hide or enable specific elements.



It is important to note that because the data comes from different sources,  the USA and Canada groupings are different.

How to get this map updated:
If you’d like to show this project as an interactive map on your website, we recommend you download this map as an iframe. The map will then also automatically update every 60 minutes. Please note that interactive maps are currently not supported in the Next Mapcreator, but these can be created in the old version of Mapcreator. 

And on a static map?
The data in the tool is always providing the most recent updates. Meaning that if you reopen an existing project in the tool, it will automatically also have the most recent data. Download your map again and you’re ready.