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BC wildfire N21173 · 2017 · 14,155 ha
Verdant Creek / Parks Canada wildfire, 2017
The Verdant Creek / Parks Canada wildfire started on July 10, 2017, caused by lightning. It was declared out on November 1, 2017. Its mapped perimeter covers 14,155 ha (142 km²): the 8th-largest of 2017's 43 large fires, and the 133rd-largest in BC since 1990. All of it was in East Kootenay, Electoral Area G. The nearest municipality, Radium Hot Springs, is roughly 44 km away; the fire covered about 22 times the land area of it.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| East Kootenay, Electoral Area G | 14,155 ha | 3% |
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 earlier large fire had burned part of this ground.
- 2012Wildfire N203061,015 ha in all163 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 | N21173 |
|---|---|
| Season | 2017 |
| Started | July 10, 2017 |
| Declared out | November 1, 2017 |
| Cause | Lightning |
| Area inside the perimeter | 14,155 ha (142 km²) |
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.
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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 2017: Kenow Mountain wildfire. Smaller: White Lake wildfire. Every large fire of 2017 · all seasons since 1990 · has my property burned?