PNW Air Quality & Fire Tracker
See Smoke, Fires & Air Quality
Only for iPhone
Free · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Fire season in the PNW moves fast — Eastern Washington smoke can roll in overnight. SmokeWatch tracks live air quality, smoke plumes, and fires near you.
Wildfire smoke doesn't stay put. A fire burning near Chelan or the Okanogan can blanket Wenatchee, Spokane, or the whole Columbia Basin in haze within hours — long before it shows up on the evening news. SmokeWatch puts live air quality, smoke, and fire data on one map, so you can check conditions before you head outside, send the kids to practice, or plan a drive over the pass.
Built for Washington State, especially the areas east of the Cascades where summer fire season hits hardest — Chelan, Okanogan, Yakima, Kittitas, and Spokane counties — but it works anywhere in the U.S.
**See air quality by area, not just your zip code**
SmokeWatch shows AQI across the whole map, not a single dot for your location. Pan over to check conditions in a nearby town, along your commute, or where family lives — tap any area for the AQI number and health guidance.
**Track wildfire smoke plumes**
Satellite-detected smoke coverage shows where haze is light, moderate, or heavy — so you know if today's smoke is a distant haze or a real air quality problem.
**Follow active fires**
See currently reported wildfires with size, containment percentage, and cause. Tap a fire icon for the latest details from official interagency sources.
**Get alerted before air quality turns bad**
Save the places you care about — home, a cabin, your kid's school — and get a notification when air quality crosses into unhealthy territory.
**Free, public data — no account required**
SmokeWatch runs on open data from NOAA's Hazard Mapping System (smoke), the National Interagency Fire Center (active fires), and Open-Meteo (air quality). No sign-up, no subscription, no ads.
Whether you're deciding if it's a good day for a run along the Columbia, keeping an eye on a fire burning near the Methow, or just checking if today's the day to close the windows — SmokeWatch keeps you a step ahead of Washington's fire season.
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Information
- Seller
- Talk or Not, Inc.
- Size
- 1.7 MB
- Category
- Weather
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Talk or Not LLC 2025