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BC wildfire C12594 · 2018 · 10,542 ha
Wildfire C12594, 2018
Wildfire C12594 started on August 11, 2018, caused by lightning. It burned on through the winter and was declared out on April 29, 2019. Its mapped perimeter covers 10,542 ha (105 km²): the 26th-largest of 2018's 84 large fires, and the 185th-largest in BC since 1990. All of it was in Cariboo, Electoral Area J. The nearest municipality, Quesnel, is roughly 131 km away; the fire covered about 2.5 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cariboo, Electoral Area J | 10,542 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
1 later large fire burned into it again.
- 2025Itcha Lake wildfire57,886 ha in all378 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 | C12594 |
|---|---|
| Season | 2018 |
| Started | August 11, 2018 |
| Declared out | April 29, 2019 |
| Cause | Lightning |
| Area inside the perimeter | 10,542 ha (105 km²) |
| Location, as the province describes it | Bald Face Mountain |
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 2018: Wildfire G51632. Smaller: Wildfire R12270. Every large fire of 2018 · all seasons since 1990 · has my property burned?