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BC wildfire G90028 · 1990 · 12,247 ha
Wildfire G90028, 1990
Wildfire G90028 started on July 31, 1990, caused by lightning. It was declared out on October 5, 1990. Its mapped perimeter covers 12,247 ha (122 km²): the 2nd-largest of 1990's 9 large fires, and the 156th-largest in BC since 1990. It reached Northern Rockies, burning 12,247 ha there, under 1% of the mountain resort municipality's land. The whole fire covered a small fraction of the land area of Northern Rockies.
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Where it burned
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Outline simplified by us from the BC Wildfire Service's perimeter; not for locating a lot. Check a lot with the search above.
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; 2021 census subdivision boundaries, Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence). Outlines simplified and places measured by PlaceDossier.
Places it reached
| Place | Burned there | Of the place's land |
|---|---|---|
| Northern Rockies | 12,247 ha | under 1% |
Measured by us: the fire's mapped perimeter laid over Statistics Canada's boundaries of each municipality and electoral area. A place is listed when the fire burned any of a municipality, 25 ha or more of an electoral area, or a twentieth of the fire.
Burned before or since
3 later large fires burned into it again.
- 2012White Spruce Creek wildfire24,852 ha in all3,614 ha shared
- 2018Wildfire G9208417,897 ha in all634 ha shared
- 2023Ekwan Tower wildfire275,175 ha in all8,072 ha shared
Overlaps measured by us on the mapped perimeters, which are the outer edges: where two overlap, the ground may have burned once, twice or not at all.
The record
| Fire number | G90028 |
|---|---|
| Season | 1990 |
| Started | July 31, 1990 |
| Declared out | October 5, 1990 |
| Cause | Lightning |
| Area inside the perimeter | 12,247 ha (122 km²) |
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.
Before you buy or build, ask the local government or fire department about the fire protection area, FireSmart work and the distance to a fire hall, and ask your insurer what they need.
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.
Larger in 1990: Wildfire G80022. Smaller: Wildfire G60011. Every large fire of 1990 · all seasons since 1990 · has my property burned?