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BC wildfire season 2013
In 2013, the BC Wildfire Service recorded 1,861 wildfires, and their mapped perimeters cover 58,033 ha (580 km²): the 19th-largest season since 1990 by area. 6 fires grew past 1,000 ha and account for 86% of that area; the largest was wildfire G90164 at 39,894 ha. Large fires reached Northern Rockies.
Fires of 1,000 ha or more in 2013Other years since 1990
The 6 large fires of 2013, largest first
- 1G90164June 24, 201339,894 ha
- 2R10252September 3, 2013 · Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area E3,354 ha
- 3R90067June 10, 2013 · Kitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area D3,115 ha
- 4Spatsum Creek (K20028)April 27, 2013 · Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country)1,420 ha
- 5Itcha Ilgachuz Provincial Park (C50224)July 31, 2013 · Cariboo, Electoral Area J1,208 ha
- 6G90119June 14, 2013 · Northern Rockies1,030 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 recorded | 1,861 |
|---|---|
| Area inside mapped perimeters | 58,033 ha (580 km²) |
| Fires of 1,000 ha or more | 6, covering 50,022 ha |
| Rank by area since 1990 | 19th 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.