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BC wildfire season 1991
In 1991, the BC Wildfire Service recorded 2,013 wildfires, and their mapped perimeters cover 23,940 ha (239 km²): the 24th-largest season since 1990 by area. 6 fires grew past 1,000 ha and account for 60% of that area; the largest was wildfire G80035 at 5,170 ha.
Fires of 1,000 ha or more in 1991Other years since 1990
The 6 large fires of 1991, largest first
- 1G80035August 14, 1991 · Peace River, Electoral Area B5,170 ha
- 2G60011June 20, 1991 · Stikine Region2,562 ha
- 3G60039August 14, 1991 · Peace River, Electoral Area B2,095 ha
- 4G80013May 30, 1991 · Peace River, Electoral Area B1,815 ha
- 5R90001April 28, 1991 · Stikine Region1,593 ha
- 6G70002April 13, 1991 · Peace River, Electoral Area B1,059 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 recorded | 2,013 |
|---|---|
| Area inside mapped perimeters | 23,940 ha (239 km²) |
| Fires of 1,000 ha or more | 6, covering 14,293 ha |
| Rank by area since 1990 | 24th 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.