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BC wildfire season 1992
In 1992, the BC Wildfire Service recorded 3,805 wildfires, and their mapped perimeters cover 24,095 ha (241 km²): the 23rd-largest season since 1990 by area. 6 fires grew past 1,000 ha and account for 64% of that area; the largest was wildfire R90020 at 5,099 ha. Large fires reached Northern Rockies.
Fires of 1,000 ha or more in 1992Other years since 1990
The 6 large fires of 1992, largest first
- 1R90020July 1, 1992 · Kitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area D5,099 ha
- 2G90012May 22, 1992 · Northern Rockies3,847 ha
- 3R90026July 23, 1992 · Stikine Region2,549 ha
- 4G90010May 22, 1992 · Northern Rockies1,595 ha
- 5R90017July 3, 1992 · Stikine Region1,440 ha
- 6R90015July 1, 1992 · Stikine Region1,006 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 | 3,805 |
|---|---|
| Area inside mapped perimeters | 24,095 ha (241 km²) |
| Fires of 1,000 ha or more | 6, covering 15,535 ha |
| Rank by area since 1990 | 23rd 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.