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BC wildfire season 2014

In 2014, the BC Wildfire Service recorded 1,480 wildfires, and their mapped perimeters cover 363,558 ha (3,636 km²): the 7th-largest season since 1990 by area. 21 fires grew past 1,000 ha and account for 96% of that area; the largest was the Chelaslie River wildfire at 133,101 ha. Large fires reached Northern Rockies and Hudson's Hope.

Chelaslie River wildfire, 2014: 133,101 haTenakihi - Mesilinka Complex wildfire, 2014: 61,285 haRed Deer Creek wildfire, 2014: 33,547 haForres Mountain wildfire, 2014: 29,672 haMount McAllister wildfire, 2014: 26,281 haEuchiniko Lakes wildfire, 2014: 21,090 haWildfire G80354, 2014: 8,569 haWildfire G60376, 2014: 7,979 haTommy Lakes wildfire, 2014: 4,069 haChina Nose wildfire, 2014: 3,625 haWildfire R10077, 2014: 3,413 haWildfire G60283, 2014: 2,289 haWildfire G60369, 2014: 1,998 haWhite Complex wildfire, 2014: 1,967 haWildfire G60297, 2014: 1,668 haSalmon Lake wildfire, 2014: 1,653 haStack Creek wildfire, 2014: 1,603 haWildfire G60293, 2014: 1,438 haWildfire G90232, 2014: 1,290 haWildfire K70270, 2014: 1,240 haWildfire N20236, 2014: 1,222 ha

Fires of 1,000 ha or more in 2014Other years since 1990

The 21 large fires of 2014, largest first

  1. 1Chelaslie River (R10070)July 8, 2014 · Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area E; Cariboo, Electoral Area I133,101 ha
  2. 2Tenakihi - Mesilinka Complex (G60195)July 2, 2014 · Peace River, Electoral Area B; Stikine Region61,285 ha
  3. 3Red Deer Creek (G70182)July 2, 2014 · Peace River, Electoral Area D33,547 ha
  4. 4Forres Mountain (G60096)May 29, 2014 · Peace River, Electoral Area B29,672 ha
  5. 5Mount McAllister (G70221)July 13, 2014 · Peace River, Electoral Area E; Hudson's Hope26,281 ha
  6. 6Euchiniko Lakes (G40198)July 2, 2014 · Cariboo, Electoral Area I; Cariboo, Electoral Area J21,090 ha
  7. 7G80354August 2, 2014 · Peace River, Electoral Area B8,569 ha
  8. 8G60376July 17, 2014 · Peace River, Electoral Area B7,979 ha
  9. 9Tommy Lakes (G80439)August 13, 2014 · Peace River, Electoral Area B4,069 ha
  10. 10China Nose (R20116)August 11, 2014 · Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area B3,625 ha
  11. 11R10077June 19, 2014 · Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area E3,413 ha
  12. 12G60283July 17, 2014 · Peace River, Electoral Area B2,289 ha
  13. 13G60369August 5, 2014 · Stikine Region1,998 ha
  14. 14White Complex (N20200)July 27, 2014 · East Kootenay, Electoral Area F; East Kootenay, Electoral Area E1,967 ha
  15. 15G60297May 16, 2014 · Peace River, Electoral Area B1,668 ha
  16. 16Salmon Lake (G50226)July 2, 2014 · Fraser-Fort George, Electoral Area G1,653 ha
  17. 17Stack Creek (G60456)August 15, 2014 · Fraser-Fort George, Electoral Area G1,603 ha
  18. 18G60293July 17, 2014 · Peace River, Electoral Area E1,438 ha
  19. 19G90232July 14, 2014 · Northern Rockies1,290 ha
  20. 20K70270July 15, 2014 · Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country)1,240 ha
  21. 21N20236July 27, 2014 · East Kootenay, Electoral Area F1,222 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 recorded1,480
Area inside mapped perimeters363,558 ha (3,636 km²)
Fires of 1,000 ha or more21, covering 348,999 ha
Rank by area since 19907th 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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