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BC wildfire season 2004

In 2004, the BC Wildfire Service recorded 2,394 wildfires, and their mapped perimeters cover 196,524 ha (1,965 km²): the 12th-largest season since 1990 by area. 26 fires grew past 1,000 ha and account for 92% of that area; the largest was wildfire R90086 at 30,212 ha. Large fires reached Northern Rockies.

Wildfire R90086, 2004: 30,212 haWildfire G90232, 2004: 26,895 haLonesome Lake wildfire, 2004: 20,506 haWildfire R90045, 2004: 13,220 haWildfire G90352, 2004: 12,583 haKenney Dam wildfire, 2004: 10,464 haWildfire G90441, 2004: 9,202 haWildfire R90097, 2004: 7,858 haWildfire R90101, 2004: 5,624 haWildfire R90083, 2004: 5,278 haWildfire R90106, 2004: 5,004 haKlinaklini Valley wildfire, 2004: 4,838 haHobson Lake wildfire, 2004: 4,303 haWildfire G30485, 2004: 3,852 haWildfire R90189, 2004: 3,248 haWildfire G90310, 2004: 2,648 haWildfire C50149, 2004: 2,409 haWildfire R90182, 2004: 2,257 haWhitecap Creek wildfire, 2004: 2,104 haWildfire G40189, 2004: 1,850 haTown Creek wildfire, 2004: 1,538 haWildfire C10175, 2004: 1,371 haWildfire R10065, 2004: 1,105 haWildfire R90134, 2004: 1,071 haWildfire R90198, 2004: 1,054 haWildfire R90184, 2004: 1,010 ha

Fires of 1,000 ha or more in 2004Other years since 1990

The 26 large fires of 2004, largest first

  1. 1R90086June 21, 2004 · Stikine Region30,212 ha
  2. 2G90232June 24, 2004 · Northern Rockies26,895 ha
  3. 3Lonesome Lake (C50125)June 20, 2004 · Central Coast, Electoral Area C; Cariboo, Electoral Area J20,506 ha
  4. 4R90045June 20, 2004 · Stikine Region; Kitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area F13,220 ha
  5. 5G90352July 17, 2004 · Northern Rockies12,583 ha
  6. 6Kenney Dam (G40152)June 20, 2004 · Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area D10,464 ha
  7. 7G90441July 24, 2004 · Northern Rockies9,202 ha
  8. 8R90097June 20, 2004 · Stikine Region7,858 ha
  9. 9R90101June 23, 2004 · Kitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area D5,624 ha
  10. 10R90083June 18, 2004 · Stikine Region; Kitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area F5,278 ha
  11. 11R90106June 21, 2004 · Stikine Region5,004 ha
  12. 12Klinaklini Valley (C50265)June 25, 2004 · Cariboo, Electoral Area J; Mount Waddington, Electoral Area A4,838 ha
  13. 13Hobson Lake (K10367)July 24, 2004 · Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area A (Wells Gray Country)4,303 ha
  14. 14G30485August 4, 2004 · Fraser-Fort George, Electoral Area H3,852 ha
  15. 15R90189June 20, 2004 · Stikine Region3,248 ha
  16. 16G90310July 15, 2004 · Northern Rockies2,648 ha
  17. 17C50149June 21, 2004 · Cariboo, Electoral Area J2,409 ha
  18. 18R90182June 11, 2004 · Stikine Region2,257 ha
  19. 19Whitecap Creek (K70198)June 24, 2004 · Squamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area B; Squamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area A2,104 ha
  20. 20G40189June 22, 2004 · Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area F1,850 ha
  21. 21Town Creek (K70099)June 18, 2004 · Squamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area B1,538 ha
  22. 22C10175June 23, 2004 · Cariboo, Electoral Area I1,371 ha
  23. 23R10065June 20, 2004 · Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area E1,105 ha
  24. 24R90134June 22, 2004 · Kitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area F1,071 ha
  25. 25R90198June 25, 2004 · Stikine Region1,054 ha
And 1 more
  1. 26R90184June 25, 2004 · Stikine Region1,010 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 recorded2,394
Area inside mapped perimeters196,524 ha (1,965 km²)
Fires of 1,000 ha or more26, covering 181,502 ha
Rank by area since 199012th 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.

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