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BC wildfire K71110 · 2009 · 7,835 ha

Wildfire K71110, 2009

Wildfire K71110 started on July 25, 2009, caused by lightning. It was declared out on December 1, 2009. Its mapped perimeter covers 7,835 ha: the 6th-largest of 2009's 32 large fires, and the 223rd-largest in BC since 1990. All of it was in Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country). The nearest municipality, Lytton, is roughly 30 km away; the fire covered about 11 times the land area of it.

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Where it burned

Wildfire K70222, 1996: 4,944 haWildfire K70239, 1996: 4,877 haWildfire K71440, 2022: 2,762 haPonderosa Creek wildfire, 2023: 5,022 haCottonwood Creek wildfire, 2023: 1,129 ha2023 N 02 km

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

PlaceBurned thereOf the place's land
Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country)7,835 ha1%

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

2 earlier large fires had burned part of this ground, and 2 later large fires burned into it again.

  1. 1996Wildfire K702224,944 ha in all70 ha shared
  2. 1996Wildfire K702394,877 ha in all90 ha shared
  3. 2023Ponderosa Creek wildfire5,022 ha in all78 ha shared
  4. 2023Cottonwood Creek wildfire1,129 ha in all249 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 numberK71110
Season2009
StartedJuly 25, 2009
Declared outDecember 1, 2009
CauseLightning
Area inside the perimeter7,835 ha
Location, as the province describes itCottonwood Creek/Stein Park

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: Tyaughton Lake wildfire. Smaller: Wildfire C10480. Every large fire of 2009 · all seasons since 1990 · has my property burned?