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BC wildfire season 2012

In 2012, the BC Wildfire Service recorded 1,649 wildfires, and their mapped perimeters cover 100,560 ha (1,006 km²): the 16th-largest season since 1990 by area. 18 fires grew past 1,000 ha and account for 90% of that area; the largest was the White Spruce Creek wildfire at 24,852 ha. Large fires reached Northern Rockies.

White Spruce Creek wildfire, 2012: 24,852 haThe Pesh wildfire, 2012: 12,196 haLennard Creek wildfire, 2012: 8,219 haEntiako Lake wildfire, 2012: 7,459 haEskai wildfire, 2012: 5,832 haCapot-Blanc Complex wildfire, 2012: 3,968 haGood Hope Lake wildfire, 2012: 3,754 haSolitary Lake wildfire, 2012: 3,011 haWildfire G90327, 2012: 2,936 haWildfire G90240, 2012: 2,541 haBeckman Creek wildfire, 2012: 2,499 haSW Kotcho Lake wildfire, 2012: 2,481 haMuskwa River near Little Sisters Mountain wildfire, 2012: 2,443 haAtna Lake wildfire, 2012: 2,374 haCrow River wildfire, 2012: 1,827 haWildfire G60396, 2012: 1,591 haWildfire G90257, 2012: 1,102 haWildfire N20306, 2012: 1,015 ha

Fires of 1,000 ha or more in 2012Other years since 1990

The 18 large fires of 2012, largest first

  1. 1White Spruce Creek (G90464)August 8, 2012 · Northern Rockies24,852 ha
  2. 2The Pesh (G90160)July 4, 2012 · Northern Rockies12,196 ha
  3. 3Lennard Creek (G80379)August 8, 2012 · Peace River, Electoral Area B8,219 ha
  4. 4Entiako Lake (R10171)August 20, 2012 · Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area E7,459 ha
  5. 5Eskai (G90324)July 28, 2012 · Northern Rockies5,832 ha
  6. 6Capot-Blanc Complex (G90239)July 22, 2012 · Northern Rockies3,968 ha
  7. 7Good Hope Lake (R90113)August 8, 2012 · Stikine Region3,754 ha
  8. 8Solitary Lake (G90403)July 26, 2012 · Stikine Region3,011 ha
  9. 9G90327July 26, 2012 · Stikine Region2,936 ha
  10. 10G90240June 22, 2012 · Northern Rockies2,541 ha
  11. 11Beckman Creek (G90517)July 29, 2012 · Northern Rockies2,499 ha
  12. 12SW Kotcho Lake (G90177)July 6, 2012 · Northern Rockies2,481 ha
  13. 13Muskwa River near Little Sisters Mountain (G90522)July 25, 2012 · Peace River, Electoral Area B2,443 ha
  14. 14Atna Lake (R20133)August 12, 2012 · Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area G2,374 ha
  15. 15Crow River (G90311)July 27, 2012 · Northern Rockies1,827 ha
  16. 16G60396August 16, 2012 · Stikine Region1,591 ha
  17. 17G90257July 22, 2012 · Northern Rockies1,102 ha
  18. 18N20306August 8, 2012 · East Kootenay, Electoral Area G1,015 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 recorded1,649
Area inside mapped perimeters100,560 ha (1,006 km²)
Fires of 1,000 ha or more18, covering 90,100 ha
Rank by area since 199016th 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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