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BC wildfire K70216 · 2009 · 8,052 ha
Tyaughton Lake wildfire, 2009
The Tyaughton Lake wildfire started on May 29, 2009, caused by people. It was declared out on December 1, 2009. Its mapped perimeter covers 8,052 ha: the 5th-largest of 2009's 32 large fires, and the 215th-largest in BC since 1990. All of it was in Squamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area A. The nearest municipality, Lillooet, is roughly 60 km away; the fire covered about 2.5 times 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Squamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area A | 8,052 ha | 2% |
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.
- 2023Downton Lake wildfire9,565 ha in all272 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 | K70216 |
|---|---|
| Season | 2009 |
| Started | May 29, 2009 |
| Declared out | December 1, 2009 |
| Cause | People |
| Area inside the perimeter | 8,052 ha |
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 2009: Terrace Mountain wildfire. Smaller: Wildfire K71110. Every large fire of 2009 · all seasons since 1990 · has my property burned?