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BC wildfire season 2010

In 2010, the BC Wildfire Service recorded 1,672 wildfires, and their mapped perimeters cover 322,105 ha (3,221 km²): the 8th-largest season since 1990 by area. 39 fires grew past 1,000 ha and account for 95% of that area; the largest was the Binta Lake wildfire at 39,073 ha.

Binta Lake wildfire, 2010: 39,073 haPelican Lake Complex wildfire, 2010: 35,506 haCassiar Highway wildfire, 2010: 35,284 haWildfire C10191, 2010: 16,977 haWildfire C50186, 2010: 16,237 haMeldrum Creek Complex wildfire, 2010: 15,553 haTsacha Lake wildfire, 2010: 13,093 haWildfire C50234, 2010: 11,639 haWildfire R90044, 2010: 9,330 haWildfire R90039, 2010: 9,330 haDog Creek wildfire, 2010: 7,495 haWildfire C20263, 2010: 7,438 haWildfire R10221, 2010: 7,049 haWildfire C50287, 2010: 6,273 haWildfire G40151, 2010: 6,097 haCorkscrew Basin wildfire, 2010: 6,035 haWildfire C50301, 2010: 6,034 haBull Complex wildfire, 2010: 5,270 haWildfire R20165, 2010: 4,622 haDean River wildfire, 2010: 4,553 haTweedsmuir Park wildfire, 2010: 4,274 haWildfire C20200, 2010: 3,714 haWildfire C20260, 2010: 3,308 haHighway 20 and Tweedsmuir Park wildfire, 2010: 3,086 haMarguerite Ferry wildfire, 2010: 2,760 haWildfire G90210, 2010: 2,612 haWildfire C10209, 2010: 2,450 haUpper Wentworth Lake wildfire, 2010: 2,385 haWildfire C10299, 2010: 2,273 haOwen Lake wildfire, 2010: 2,029 haWildfire C20269, 2010: 1,994 haJade Mountain wildfire, 2010: 1,897 haWildfire C10218, 2010: 1,815 haWildfire R90052, 2010: 1,706 haWildfire C50238, 2010: 1,590 haWildfire R20148, 2010: 1,473 haWildfire C20313, 2010: 1,419 haWildfire C50340, 2010: 1,024 haWildfire C10192, 2010: 1,021 ha

Fires of 1,000 ha or more in 2010Other years since 1990

The 39 large fires of 2010, largest first

  1. 1Binta Lake (R10100)July 27, 2010 · Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area D; Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area E39,073 ha
  2. 2Pelican Lake Complex (C10205)July 27, 2010 · Cariboo, Electoral Area I35,506 ha
  3. 3Cassiar Highway (R90093)July 27, 2010 · Stikine Region35,284 ha
  4. 4C10191July 27, 2010 · Cariboo, Electoral Area K16,977 ha
  5. 5C50186July 27, 2010 · Cariboo, Electoral Area K16,237 ha
  6. 6Meldrum Creek Complex (C20189)July 27, 2010 · Cariboo, Electoral Area K15,553 ha
  7. 7Tsacha Lake (G40353)July 28, 2010 · Cariboo, Electoral Area I; Cariboo, Electoral Area J13,093 ha
  8. 8C50234July 27, 2010 · Cariboo, Electoral Area K; Cariboo, Electoral Area J11,639 ha
  9. 9R90044June 8, 2010 · Kitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area D; Kitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area F9,330 ha
  10. 10R90039June 9, 2010 · Kitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area D; Kitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area F9,330 ha
  11. 11Dog Creek (C20243)July 27, 2010 · Cariboo, Electoral Area E7,495 ha
  12. 12C20263July 27, 2010 · Cariboo, Electoral Area K7,438 ha
  13. 13R10221July 27, 2010 · Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area E7,049 ha
  14. 14C50287July 31, 2010 · Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area E6,273 ha
  15. 15G40151June 18, 2010 · Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area F6,097 ha
  16. 16Corkscrew Basin (C50297)July 31, 2010 · Cariboo, Electoral Area J6,035 ha
  17. 17C50301July 31, 2010 · Cariboo, Electoral Area J6,034 ha
  18. 18Bull Complex (C50183)July 27, 2010 · Cariboo, Electoral Area K5,270 ha
  19. 19R20165July 27, 2010 · Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area E4,622 ha
  20. 20Dean River (VA0955)August 2, 2010 · Central Coast, Electoral Area A4,553 ha
  21. 21Tweedsmuir Park (C50096)July 8, 2010 · Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area E; Cariboo, Electoral Area J4,274 ha
  22. 22C20200July 27, 2010 · Cariboo, Electoral Area K3,714 ha
  23. 23C20260July 27, 2010 · Cariboo, Electoral Area K3,308 ha
  24. 24Highway 20 and Tweedsmuir Park (C50300)July 31, 2010 · Cariboo, Electoral Area J3,086 ha
  25. 25Marguerite Ferry (C10221)July 27, 2010 · Cariboo, Electoral Area K; Cariboo, Electoral Area I2,760 ha
And 14 more
  1. 26G90210June 6, 2010 · Stikine Region2,612 ha
  2. 27C10209July 27, 2010 · Cariboo, Electoral Area I2,450 ha
  3. 28Upper Wentworth Lake (C10199)July 27, 2010 · Cariboo, Electoral Area I2,385 ha
  4. 29C10299July 28, 2010 · Cariboo, Electoral Area I2,273 ha
  5. 30Owen Lake (R20242)August 2, 2010 · Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area G; Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area E2,029 ha
  6. 31C20269July 27, 2010 · Cariboo, Electoral Area K1,994 ha
  7. 32Jade Mountain (K70219)July 21, 2010 · Squamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area B1,897 ha
  8. 33C10218July 27, 2010 · Cariboo, Electoral Area I1,815 ha
  9. 34R90052June 9, 2010 · Kitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area F1,706 ha
  10. 35C50238July 27, 2010 · Cariboo, Electoral Area J; Cariboo, Electoral Area K1,590 ha
  11. 36R20148July 28, 2010 · Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area G1,473 ha
  12. 37C20313July 27, 2010 · Cariboo, Electoral Area K1,419 ha
  13. 38C50340August 3, 2010 · Cariboo, Electoral Area J1,024 ha
  14. 39C10192July 27, 2010 · Cariboo, Electoral Area K1,021 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 recorded1,672
Area inside mapped perimeters322,105 ha (3,221 km²)
Fires of 1,000 ha or more39, covering 305,714 ha
Rank by area since 19908th 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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