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BC wildfire K51238 · 2018 · 19,226 ha
Wildfire K51238, 2018
Wildfire K51238 started on July 17, 2018, caused by lightning. It burned on through the winter and was declared out on April 24, 2019. Its mapped perimeter covers 19,226 ha (192 km²): the 15th-largest of 2018's 84 large fires, and the 105th-largest in BC since 1990. 57% of it was in Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area G. The nearest municipality, Keremeos, is roughly 12 km away; the fire covered about 87 times 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area G | 11,029 ha | 5% |
| Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area B | 7,737 ha | 32% |
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.
- 2023Crater Creek wildfire46,504 ha in all1,781 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 | K51238 |
|---|---|
| Season | 2018 |
| Started | July 17, 2018 |
| Declared out | April 24, 2019 |
| Cause | Lightning |
| Area inside the perimeter | 19,226 ha (192 km²) |
| Location, as the province describes it | Snowy 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 G41607. Smaller: Wildfire V92348. Every large fire of 2018 · all seasons since 1990 · has my property burned?