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BC wildfire season 2015

In 2015, the BC Wildfire Service recorded 1,859 wildfires, and their mapped perimeters cover 283,414 ha (2,834 km²): the 9th-largest season since 1990 by area. 38 fires grew past 1,000 ha and account for 93% of that area; the largest was the Wadin Creek wildfire at 49,545 ha. Large fires reached Northern Rockies.

Wadin Creek wildfire, 2015: 49,545 haLittle Bobtail Lake wildfire, 2015: 25,533 haDunedin River wildfire, 2015: 18,071 haWildfire G80252, 2015: 17,897 haWildfire R90045, 2015: 14,218 haWildfire G90263, 2015: 13,499 haElaho wildfire, 2015: 12,495 haWildfire G90370, 2015: 10,827 haWildfire R90046, 2015: 8,746 haPuntzi Lake wildfire, 2015: 8,078 haBig Beaver Creek wildfire, 2015: 7,804 haBoulder Creek wildfire, 2015: 6,684 haWildfire G90267, 2015: 6,254 haWildfire G60372, 2015: 5,342 haTestalinden Creek wildfire, 2015: 5,202 haWildfire G60214, 2015: 4,509 haWildfire N60584, 2015: 4,417 haPetitot River wildfire, 2015: 4,176 haAkue Creek wildfire, 2015: 3,994 haWildfire R90047, 2015: 3,984 haWildfire G90323, 2015: 3,152 haCougar Creek wildfire, 2015: 2,912 haMount Bigfoot wildfire, 2015: 2,421 haWildfire G90326, 2015: 2,396 haWildfire G90258, 2015: 2,205 haCisco Road wildfire, 2015: 2,174 haKlua Lakes wildfire, 2015: 1,967 haLynch Creek wildfire, 2015: 1,955 haWildfire G90287, 2015: 1,918 haWildfire G60353, 2015: 1,627 haWildfire G90309, 2015: 1,399 haWood Lake wildfire, 2015: 1,385 haWildfire G90261, 2015: 1,280 haDeer Creek Park wildfire, 2015: 1,240 haCherry Lake wildfire, 2015: 1,225 haWildfire R50101, 2015: 1,159 haWildfire G80163, 2015: 1,075 haWildfire G90269, 2015: 1,051 ha

Fires of 1,000 ha or more in 2015Other years since 1990

The 38 large fires of 2015, largest first

  1. 1Wadin Creek (G90180)May 26, 2015 · Stikine Region; Northern Rockies49,545 ha
  2. 2Little Bobtail Lake (G10037)May 8, 2015 · Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area F; Fraser-Fort George, Electoral Area C25,533 ha
  3. 3Dunedin River (G90175)May 25, 2015 · Northern Rockies18,071 ha
  4. 4G80252June 23, 2015 · Peace River, Electoral Area B17,897 ha
  5. 5R90045May 21, 2015 · Stikine Region14,218 ha
  6. 6G90263June 24, 2015 · Northern Rockies13,499 ha
  7. 7Elaho (V30160)May 21, 2015 · Squamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area C; Squamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area D12,495 ha
  8. 8G90370July 7, 2015 · Northern Rockies10,827 ha
  9. 9R90046May 22, 2015 · Stikine Region8,746 ha
  10. 10Puntzi Lake (C50146)July 8, 2015 · Cariboo, Electoral Area J8,078 ha
  11. 11Big Beaver Creek (G90359)June 29, 2015 · Northern Rockies7,804 ha
  12. 12Boulder Creek (V30241)June 30, 2015 · Squamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area C6,684 ha
  13. 13G90267June 24, 2015 · Northern Rockies6,254 ha
  14. 14G60372July 6, 2015 · Peace River, Electoral Area B5,342 ha
  15. 15Testalinden Creek (K50615)August 14, 2015 · Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area C; Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area A5,202 ha
  16. 16G60214May 21, 2015 · Stikine Region4,509 ha
  17. 17N60584August 13, 2015 · Kootenay Boundary E / West Boundary4,417 ha
  18. 18Petitot River (G90245)June 23, 2015 · Northern Rockies4,176 ha
  19. 19Akue Creek (G90303)June 29, 2015 · Northern Rockies3,994 ha
  20. 20R90047May 22, 2015 · Stikine Region3,984 ha
  21. 21G90323June 26, 2015 · Northern Rockies3,152 ha
  22. 22Cougar Creek (V10247)June 30, 2015 · Fraser Valley, Electoral Area A2,912 ha
  23. 23Mount Bigfoot (G90292)June 25, 2015 · Northern Rockies2,421 ha
  24. 24G90326June 29, 2015 · Northern Rockies2,396 ha
  25. 25G90258June 24, 2015 · Northern Rockies2,205 ha
And 13 more
  1. 26Cisco Road (K70122)June 11, 2015 · Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country)2,174 ha
  2. 27Klua Lakes (G90081)May 20, 2015 · Northern Rockies1,967 ha
  3. 28Lynch Creek (N60585)July 25, 2015 · Kootenay Boundary D / Rural Grand Forks1,955 ha
  4. 29G90287June 25, 2015 · Northern Rockies1,918 ha
  5. 30G60353June 21, 2015 · Stikine Region1,627 ha
  6. 31G90309June 29, 2015 · Northern Rockies1,399 ha
  7. 32Wood Lake (V10370)August 2, 2015 · Fraser Valley, Electoral Area C1,385 ha
  8. 33G90261June 23, 2015 · Northern Rockies1,280 ha
  9. 34Deer Creek Park (N50600)August 14, 2015 · Central Kootenay, Electoral Area J; Central Kootenay, Electoral Area H1,240 ha
  10. 35Cherry Lake (N10741)August 21, 2015 · East Kootenay, Electoral Area B1,225 ha
  11. 36R50101June 27, 20151,159 ha
  12. 37G80163May 26, 2015 · Peace River, Electoral Area B1,075 ha
  13. 38G90269June 25, 2015 · Northern Rockies1,051 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 recorded1,859
Area inside mapped perimeters283,414 ha (2,834 km²)
Fires of 1,000 ha or more38, covering 263,813 ha
Rank by area since 19909th 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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