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BC wildfire season 1995
In 1995, the BC Wildfire Service recorded 1,474 wildfires, and their mapped perimeters cover 47,659 ha (477 km²): the 20th-largest season since 1990 by area. 6 fires grew past 1,000 ha and account for 92% of that area; the largest was wildfire R90073 at 15,007 ha.
Fires of 1,000 ha or more in 1995Other years since 1990
The 6 large fires of 1995, largest first
- 1R90073June 11, 1995 · Stikine Region15,007 ha
- 2G60107May 27, 1995 · Peace River, Electoral Area B12,472 ha
- 3R90085June 10, 1995 · Stikine Region7,731 ha
- 4R90075June 11, 1995 · Stikine Region3,741 ha
- 5R90074June 11, 1995 · Stikine Region2,810 ha
- 6C10125May 28, 1995 · Cariboo, Electoral Area I2,253 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 | 1,474 |
|---|---|
| Area inside mapped perimeters | 47,659 ha (477 km²) |
| Fires of 1,000 ha or more | 6, covering 44,013 ha |
| Rank by area since 1990 | 20th 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.