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BC wildfire V30160 · 2015 · 12,495 ha
Elaho wildfire, 2015
The Elaho wildfire started on May 21, 2015, caused by lightning. It was declared out on November 13, 2015. Its mapped perimeter covers 12,495 ha (125 km²): the 7th-largest of 2015's 38 large fires, and the 148th-largest in BC since 1990. 60% of it was in Squamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area C. The nearest municipality, Whistler, is roughly 48 km away; the fire covered about 51% of the land area of it.
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Where it burned
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Squamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area C | 7,471 ha | 1% |
| Squamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area D | 5,024 ha | 2% |
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
1 later large fire burned into it again.
- 2025Simms Creek wildfire1,155 ha in all1,108 ha shared
Overlaps measured by us on the mapped perimeters, which are the outer edges: where two overlap, the ground may have burned once, twice or not at all.
The record
| Fire number | V30160 |
|---|---|
| Season | 2015 |
| Started | May 21, 2015 |
| Declared out | November 13, 2015 |
| Cause | Lightning |
| Area inside the perimeter | 12,495 ha (125 km²) |
| Location, as the province describes it | Elaho 67km |
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: Wildfire G90263. Smaller: Wildfire G90370. Every large fire of 2015 · all seasons since 1990 · has my property burned?