California Smoke Spotter

CARB Application Development

About this app

Get personalized alerts for smoke and fires near you.

California Smoke Spotter combines advanced smoke forecasting with the latest prescribed fire and wildfire mapping to help you plan your day. Download this app to find out where smoke is coming from, where it’s going and what it means for your health. Learn more about prescribed fire, its benefits and how we can all plan for potential smoke impacts.

Key features include:
• Current locations and details about prescribed fires and wildfires
• 72-hour statewide smoke and air quality forecasts
• Air Quality Index (AQI) data with real-time smoke conditions
• Clean Air Center locations and details to get relief from smoke
• Personalized alerts notify users about nearby fires; Set up alerts for multiple locations
• Health information on how to protect yourself from smoke
• Spanish translation available (Traducción al español disponible)

Ratings and reviews

I thought this would be the app to track wildfires but it doesn't even show them. It only shows the AQI in a few cities (not even close to all in CA). Please fix this. I know it might be in beta or something but fires are the most important part of this app. Otherwise the UI looks like this could finally be the app to keep for fire tracking.

I think this is helpful in a heavy prescribed fire area, if the info is updated/added. The 3 & 4 notifications in 10 seconds for the same fire is too much. There's no 1 app that gives everything. use this in conjunction with other apps for fire information, not a stand-alone.

It notifies me "there is a new fire in your area" but when I click on it the only thing showing on my map is the AQI for my area.

What's new

Updated AQI Forecast and other improvements