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BC wildfire season 2006

In 2006, the BC Wildfire Service recorded 2,570 wildfires, and their mapped perimeters cover 134,615 ha (1,346 km²): the 13th-largest season since 1990 by area. 23 fires grew past 1,000 ha and account for 87% of that area; the largest was the Tatoosh (Canada) wildfire at 19,442 ha. Large fires reached Tumbler Ridge.

Tatoosh (Canada) wildfire, 2006: 19,442 haDean wildfire, 2006: 11,119 haKluskoil wildfire, 2006: 10,810 haWildfire G90419, 2006: 10,722 haMt Hamelin/Red Deer Creek wildfire, 2006: 9,992 haHourglass Creek wildfire, 2006: 8,166 haWildfire C10157, 2006: 8,061 haGataga River wildfire, 2006: 6,397 haWildfire G80353, 2006: 5,068 haWildfire G80381, 2006: 3,906 haLa Prise wildfire, 2006: 3,258 haRat Lake wildfire, 2006: 3,017 haCat Mountain wildfire, 2006: 2,786 haWildfire G80349, 2006: 2,721 haBorder Lake wildfire, 2006: 1,823 haWapiti 500 Road wildfire, 2006: 1,518 haKnewstubb Lake wildfire, 2006: 1,427 haWildfire G10389, 2006: 1,246 haWildfire C10466, 2006: 1,238 haMoosevale Creek wildfire, 2006: 1,211 haOssilinka Complex wildfire, 2006: 1,166 haWildfire C10204, 2006: 1,108 haWildfire G50393, 2006: 1,105 ha

Fires of 1,000 ha or more in 2006Other years since 1990

The 23 large fires of 2006, largest first

  1. 1Tatoosh (Canada) (K61278)September 4, 2006 · Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area H19,442 ha
  2. 2Dean (C50148)July 2, 2006 · Cariboo, Electoral Area J11,119 ha
  3. 3Kluskoil (C10161)July 2, 2006 · Cariboo, Electoral Area I10,810 ha
  4. 4G90419July 1, 2006 · Stikine Region10,722 ha
  5. 5Mt Hamelin/Red Deer Creek (G70309)June 27, 2006 · Peace River, Electoral Area D9,992 ha
  6. 6Hourglass Creek (G70319)June 27, 2006 · Peace River, Electoral Area D; Peace River, Electoral Area E8,166 ha
  7. 7C10157July 2, 2006 · Cariboo, Electoral Area I8,061 ha
  8. 8Gataga River (G60237)June 7, 2006 · Stikine Region6,397 ha
  9. 9G80353July 2, 2006 · Peace River, Electoral Area B5,068 ha
  10. 10G80381July 2, 2006 · Peace River, Electoral Area B3,906 ha
  11. 11La Prise (G80347)July 2, 2006 · Peace River, Electoral Area B3,258 ha
  12. 12Rat Lake (G70329)June 27, 2006 · Peace River, Electoral Area D3,017 ha
  13. 13Cat Mountain (G60490)July 3, 2006 · Stikine Region2,786 ha
  14. 14G80349July 2, 2006 · Peace River, Electoral Area B2,721 ha
  15. 15Border Lake (K51324)September 6, 2006 · Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area G1,823 ha
  16. 16Wapiti 500 Road (G70333)June 27, 2006 · Peace River, Electoral Area D1,518 ha
  17. 17Knewstubb Lake (G40363)July 2, 2006 · Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area D1,427 ha
  18. 18G10389July 3, 2006 · Cariboo, Electoral Area I1,246 ha
  19. 19C10466July 8, 2006 · Cariboo, Electoral Area J1,238 ha
  20. 20Moosevale Creek (G50540)June 14, 2006 · Peace River, Electoral Area B; Stikine Region1,211 ha
  21. 21Ossilinka Complex (G60418)July 3, 2006 · Stikine Region1,166 ha
  22. 22C10204July 4, 2006 · Cariboo, Electoral Area I1,108 ha
  23. 23G50393July 23, 2006 · Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area C1,105 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 recorded2,570
Area inside mapped perimeters134,615 ha (1,346 km²)
Fires of 1,000 ha or more23, covering 117,306 ha
Rank by area since 199013th 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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