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BC wildfire season 1994
In 1994, the BC Wildfire Service recorded 4,055 wildfires, and their mapped perimeters cover 23,246 ha (232 km²): the 25th-largest season since 1990 by area. 5 fires grew past 1,000 ha and account for 58% of that area; the largest was wildfire K50087 at 4,919 ha. Large fires reached Northern Rockies and Penticton.
Fires of 1,000 ha or more in 1994Other years since 1990
The 5 large fires of 1994, largest first
- 1K50087July 20, 1994 · Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area D; Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area E4,919 ha
- 2K10040July 26, 1994 · Northern Rockies2,783 ha
- 3K50123July 20, 1994 · Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area A; Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area B2,703 ha
- 4K20062July 24, 1994 · Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area M (Beautiful Nicola Valley - North); Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area J (Copper Desert Country)1,768 ha
- 5K70044August 1, 1994 · Squamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area B1,231 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 | 4,055 |
|---|---|
| Area inside mapped perimeters | 23,246 ha (232 km²) |
| Fires of 1,000 ha or more | 5, covering 13,404 ha |
| Rank by area since 1990 | 25th 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.