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BC wildfire C50234 · 2010 · 11,639 ha
Wildfire C50234, 2010
Wildfire C50234 started on July 27, 2010, caused by lightning. It was declared out on September 25, 2010. Its mapped perimeter covers 11,639 ha (116 km²): the 8th-largest of 2010's 39 large fires, and the 165th-largest in BC since 1990. 93% of it was in Cariboo, Electoral Area K. The nearest municipality, Williams Lake, is roughly 95 km away; the fire covered about 3 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cariboo, Electoral Area K | 10,795 ha | under 1% |
| Cariboo, Electoral Area J | 843 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
3 later large fires burned into it again.
- 2017Hanceville-Riske Creek wildfire239,340 ha in all263 ha shared
- 2023Bull Canyon Park wildfire1,306 ha in all1,301 ha shared
- 2023Wildfire C530021,299 ha in all135 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 | C50234 |
|---|---|
| Season | 2010 |
| Started | July 27, 2010 |
| Declared out | September 25, 2010 |
| Cause | Lightning |
| Area inside the perimeter | 11,639 ha (116 km²) |
| Location, as the province describes it | S of Bull Canyon |
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 2010: Tsacha Lake wildfire. Smaller: Wildfire R90044. Every large fire of 2010 · all seasons since 1990 · has my property burned?