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BC wildfire VA0778 · 2017 · 7,367 ha
Precipice Creek (Stillwater Lake/ Hotnarko) wildfire, 2017
The Precipice Creek (Stillwater Lake/ Hotnarko) wildfire started on July 7, 2017, caused by lightning. It was declared out on December 1, 2017. Its mapped perimeter covers 7,367 ha: the 14th-largest of 2017's 43 large fires, and the 236th-largest in BC since 1990. All of it was in Central Coast, Electoral Area C. The nearest municipality, Fraser Lake, is roughly 194 km away; the fire covered about 14 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Central Coast, Electoral Area C | 7,367 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
No other fire of 1,000 ha or more since 1990 overlaps this one by 50 ha or more.
The record
| Fire number | VA0778 |
|---|---|
| Season | 2017 |
| Started | July 7, 2017 |
| Declared out | December 1, 2017 |
| Cause | Lightning |
| Area inside the perimeter | 7,367 ha |
| Location, as the province describes it | Precipice (Stillwater Lake/ Hotnarko) |
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: Wildfire G40709. Smaller: Big Bend Creek wildfire. Every large fire of 2017 · all seasons since 1990 · has my property burned?