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BC wildfire season 1990

In 1990, the BC Wildfire Service recorded 3,255 wildfires, and their mapped perimeters cover 69,474 ha (695 km²): the 18th-largest season since 1990 by area. 9 fires grew past 1,000 ha and account for 77% of that area; the largest was wildfire G80022 at 23,767 ha. Large fires reached Northern Rockies and Tumbler Ridge.

Wildfire G80022, 1990: 23,767 haWildfire G90028, 1990: 12,247 haWildfire G60011, 1990: 4,538 haWildfire G90066, 1990: 3,741 haWildfire R90010, 1990: 3,452 haWildfire V30017, 1990: 1,476 haWildfire R90013, 1990: 1,431 haWildfire G90069, 1990: 1,404 haWildfire G70057, 1990: 1,120 ha

Fires of 1,000 ha or more in 1990Other years since 1990

The 9 large fires of 1990, largest first

  1. 1G80022September 22, 1990 · Peace River, Electoral Area B23,767 ha
  2. 2G90028July 31, 1990 · Northern Rockies12,247 ha
  3. 3G60011July 24, 1990 · Stikine Region4,538 ha
  4. 4G90066September 18, 1990 · Northern Rockies3,741 ha
  5. 5R90010July 22, 1990 · Stikine Region3,452 ha
  6. 6V30017July 23, 1990 · Squamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area C1,476 ha
  7. 7R90013July 23, 1990 · Stikine Region1,431 ha
  8. 8G90069September 19, 1990 · Northern Rockies1,404 ha
  9. 9G70057August 16, 1990 · Tumbler Ridge1,120 ha

Under each fire: when it started and the places with the most of it. Bars compare each fire with the season's largest.

Wildfires recorded3,255
Area inside mapped perimeters69,474 ha (695 km²)
Fires of 1,000 ha or more9, covering 53,176 ha
Rank by area since 199018th of 36

Every fire of 1,000 ha or more since 1990, as the BC Wildfire Service mapped it. A perimeter is the fire's outer edge: patches inside it may not have burned, and the hectares are the area inside it. A fire that burned through the winter keeps the year it started. Names are the province's; a fire without one goes by its fire number. The area adds up every perimeter of the season, small fires included; where two fires' perimeters overlap, the ground is counted twice, so totals can differ from the BC Wildfire Service's season summary.

Past fire is history, not a forecast. The chance of fire on a lot today depends on what the record doesn't show: the forest and grass around it, the slope, what has been thinned or burned since, and how far it is from a fire hall.

Sources: BC Wildfire Fire Perimeters – Historical, BC Wildfire Service; BC Wildfire Fire Perimeters – Current, BC Wildfire Service; BC Wildfire Fire Incident Locations – Historical, BC Wildfire Service; BC Wildfire Fire Locations – Current, BC Wildfire Service (Open Government Licence – British Columbia), as published on October 2, 2026. Outlines simplified and places measured by PlaceDossier.

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