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BC wildfire R92132 · 2018 · 156,775 ha

Wildfire R92132, 2018

Wildfire R92132 started on July 30, 2018, caused by lightning. It was declared out on November 19, 2018. Its mapped perimeter covers 156,775 ha (1,568 km²): the largest of 2018's 84 large fires, and the 13th-largest in BC since 1990. All of it was in Stikine Region. The nearest municipality, Northern Rockies, is roughly 289 km away; the fire covered a small fraction of the land area of it.

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 R90026, 1992: 2,549 haWildfire G60179, 1998: 4,074 haWildfire R90097, 2004: 7,858 haWildfire G90327, 2012: 2,936 haSolitary Lake wildfire, 2012: 3,011 haWadin Creek wildfire, 2015: 49,545 haWildfire R90045, 2015: 14,218 haWildfire R92033, 2018: 100,779 haWildfire R90376, 2019: 1,936 haWildfire G90981, 2023: 22,394 haWildfire G92947, 2023: 12,806 haWildfire G90939, 2024: 14,171 haWildfire G92348, 2024: 1,644 ha1992200420122012201520152019202320242024 N 020 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 Region156,775 ha1%

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

4 earlier large fires had burned part of this ground, and 2 later large fires burned into it again.

  1. 2004Wildfire R900977,858 ha in all129 ha shared
  2. 2012Solitary Lake wildfire3,011 ha in all2,845 ha shared
  3. 2015Wadin Creek wildfire49,545 ha in all23,954 ha shared
  4. 2015Wildfire R9004514,218 ha in all9,761 ha shared
  5. 2019Wildfire R903761,936 ha in all173 ha shared
  6. 2024Wildfire G9093914,171 ha in all895 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 numberR92132
Season2018
StartedJuly 30, 2018
Declared outNovember 19, 2018
CauseLightning
Area inside the perimeter156,775 ha (1,568 km²)
Location, as the province describes itN of Johnny 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.

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