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BC wildfire season 2007
In 2007, the BC Wildfire Service recorded 1,606 wildfires, and their mapped perimeters cover 25,615 ha (256 km²): the 21st-largest season since 1990 by area. 5 fires grew past 1,000 ha and account for 62% of that area; the largest was the Turnagain Creek wildfire at 8,542 ha.
Fires of 1,000 ha or more in 2007Other years since 1990
The 5 large fires of 2007, largest first
- 1Turnagain Creek (G90072)June 2, 2007 · Stikine Region8,542 ha
- 2South Pend D (N50523)August 10, 2007 · Central Kootenay, Electoral Area G; Kootenay Boundary, Electoral Area A2,308 ha
- 3Springer Creek (N50372)July 23, 2007 · Central Kootenay, Electoral Area H1,924 ha
- 4Skookumchuk River (N20149)July 14, 2007 · East Kootenay, Electoral Area E1,759 ha
- 5Hamil Creek (N70139)July 14, 2007 · Central Kootenay, Electoral Area D1,395 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 recorded | 1,606 |
|---|---|
| Area inside mapped perimeters | 25,615 ha (256 km²) |
| Fires of 1,000 ha or more | 5, covering 15,928 ha |
| Rank by area since 1990 | 21st 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.