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BC wildfire K20298 · 2003 · 6,228 ha
Wildfire K20298, 2003
Wildfire K20298 started on August 1, 2003, caused by people. It burned on through the winter and was declared out on June 9, 2004. Its mapped perimeter covers 6,228 ha: the 10th-largest of 2003's 33 large fires, and the 264th-largest in BC since 1990. It reached Kamloops, burning 426 ha there, 1% of the city's land. The whole fire covered about 20% of the land area of Kamloops.
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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 P (Rivers and the Peaks) | 2,937 ha | 2% |
| Kamloops | 426 ha | 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
No other fire of 1,000 ha or more since 1990 overlaps this one by 50 ha or more.
The record
| Fire number | K20298 |
|---|---|
| Season | 2003 |
| Started | August 1, 2003 |
| Declared out | June 9, 2004 |
| Cause | People |
| Area inside the perimeter | 6,228 ha |
| Location, as the province describes it | Strawberry Hill |
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 2003: Wildfire N50617. Smaller: Wildfire K20624. Every large fire of 2003 · all seasons since 1990 · has my property burned?