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BC wildfire G60237 · 2006 · 6,397 ha
Gataga River wildfire, 2006
The Gataga River wildfire started on June 7, 2006, caused by lightning. It was declared out on September 20, 2006. Its mapped perimeter covers 6,397 ha: the 8th-largest of 2006's 23 large fires, and the 258th-largest in BC since 1990. All of it was in Stikine Region. The nearest municipality, Northern Rockies, is roughly 196 km away; the fire covered a small fraction of 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stikine Region | 6,397 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
1 later large fire burned into it again.
- 2015Wildfire G603531,627 ha in all782 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 | G60237 |
|---|---|
| Season | 2006 |
| Started | June 7, 2006 |
| Declared out | September 20, 2006 |
| Cause | Lightning |
| Area inside the perimeter | 6,397 ha |
| Location, as the province describes it | Mayfield Lakes |
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 2006: Wildfire C10157. Smaller: Wildfire G80353. Every large fire of 2006 · all seasons since 1990 · has my property burned?