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BC wildfire G90352 · 2004 · 12,583 ha
Wildfire G90352, 2004
Wildfire G90352 started on July 17, 2004, caused by lightning. It was declared out on December 31, 2004. Its mapped perimeter covers 12,583 ha (126 km²): the 5th-largest of 2004's 26 large fires, and the 147th-largest in BC since 1990. It reached Northern Rockies, burning 12,583 ha there, under 1% of the mountain resort municipality's land. The whole fire covered a small fraction of the land area of Northern Rockies.
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Where it burned
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Northern Rockies | 12,583 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
3 later large fires burned into it again.
- 2012White Spruce Creek wildfire24,852 ha in all234 ha shared
- 2023Ekwan Tower wildfire275,175 ha in all12,093 ha shared
- 2024Nogah Creek wildfire508,473 ha in all492 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 | G90352 |
|---|---|
| Season | 2004 |
| Started | July 17, 2004 |
| Declared out | December 31, 2004 |
| Cause | Lightning |
| Area inside the perimeter | 12,583 ha (126 km²) |
| Location, as the province describes it | Kotcho Lake |
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 2004: Wildfire R90045. Smaller: Kenney Dam wildfire. Every large fire of 2004 · all seasons since 1990 · has my property burned?