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BC wildfire K70222 · 1996 · 4,944 ha
Wildfire K70222, 1996
Wildfire K70222 started on July 30, 1996, caused by people. It was declared out on August 4, 1996. Its mapped perimeter covers 4,944 ha: the 2nd-largest of 1996's 3 large fires, and the 311th-largest in BC since 1990. All of it was in Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country). The nearest municipality, Lytton, is roughly 33 km away; the fire covered about 7 times the land area of it.
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Where it burned
This fireOther large fires since 1990
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country) | 4,944 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
2 later large fires burned into it again.
- 2009Wildfire K711107,835 ha in all70 ha shared
- 2022Wildfire K714402,762 ha in all112 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 | K70222 |
|---|---|
| Season | 1996 |
| Started | July 30, 1996 |
| Declared out | August 4, 1996 |
| Cause | People |
| Area inside the perimeter | 4,944 ha |
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 1996: Wildfire G90043. Smaller: Wildfire K70239. Every large fire of 1996 · all seasons since 1990 · has my property burned?