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BC wildfire R92033 · 2018 · 100,779 ha

Wildfire R92033, 2018

Wildfire R92033 started on July 30, 2018, caused by lightning. It was declared out on November 21, 2018. Its mapped perimeter covers 100,779 ha (1,008 km²): the 3rd-largest of 2018's 84 large fires, and the 17th-largest in BC since 1990. It reached Northern Rockies, burning 203 ha there, under 1% of the mountain resort municipality's land. The whole fire covered a small fraction of the land area of Northern Rockies.

A lot's report shows every mapped fire on it and within 2 km, with the lot drawn on the map.

Where it burned

Wildfire R90097, 2004: 7,858 haWadin Creek wildfire, 2015: 49,545 haWildfire R90045, 2015: 14,218 haWildfire R92132, 2018: 156,775 haWildfire R90376, 2019: 1,936 ha20042019 N 010 km

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

PlaceBurned thereOf the place's land
Stikine Region100,458 haunder 1%
Northern Rockies203 haunder 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

No other fire of 1,000 ha or more since 1990 overlaps this one by 50 ha or more.

The record

Fire numberR92033
Season2018
StartedJuly 30, 2018
Declared outNovember 21, 2018
CauseLightning
Area inside the perimeter100,779 ha (1,008 km²)
Location, as the province describes itLutz Creek

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 R91947. Smaller: Wildfire R11498. Every large fire of 2018 · all seasons since 1990 · has my property burned?