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BC wildfire G90175 · 2015 · 18,071 ha
Dunedin River wildfire, 2015
The Dunedin River wildfire started on May 25, 2015, caused by lightning. It was declared out on December 27, 2015. Its mapped perimeter covers 18,071 ha (181 km²): the 3rd-largest of 2015's 38 large fires, and the 111th-largest in BC since 1990. It reached Northern Rockies, burning 18,071 ha there, under 1% of the mountain resort municipality's land. The whole fire covered a small fraction of the land area of Northern Rockies.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Northern Rockies | 18,071 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
No other fire of 1,000 ha or more since 1990 overlaps this one by 50 ha or more.
The record
| Fire number | G90175 |
|---|---|
| Season | 2015 |
| Started | May 25, 2015 |
| Declared out | December 27, 2015 |
| Cause | Lightning |
| Area inside the perimeter | 18,071 ha (181 km²) |
| Location, as the province describes it | 1 nm east of Dunedin River |
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 2015: Little Bobtail Lake wildfire. Smaller: Wildfire G80252. Every large fire of 2015 · all seasons since 1990 · has my property burned?