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Version 2.14 · 2025-03-14
Updated map now shows topography. New "List of Fires" feature on main map allows users to view prescribed fire and wildfire information at a glance, in a text-only grid format.
App Store rating4.8★22 ratings
PriceFreeListed price
Age4+Store age rating
Size46 MBiPhone download
CategoryUtilities
DeveloperCalifornia Air Resources Board
What we found
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Money
- Free to download.
Not yet tested.
The store currently lists version 2.14, updated 2025-03-14.
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About this app
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)
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- Status
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- App identifier
california-smoke-spotter- Sources used
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- Reviews read
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- Package examined
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- Human inspection
- Not completed
How we know
- Measurement vocabulary
- 1.4
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App Store
- Store rating
- 4.82 ★ · 22 ratings
- Version
- 2.14
- Updated
- 14 Mar 2025
- Price
- Free
- Age rating
- 4+
- Size
- 46 MB
- Developer
- California Air Resources Board
- Category
- Utilities
- Listing price
- Free
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