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BC wildfire season 2019
In 2019, the BC Wildfire Service recorded 828 wildfires, and their mapped perimeters cover 21,775 ha (218 km²): the 26th-largest season since 1990 by area. 5 fires grew past 1,000 ha and account for 77% of that area; the largest was the Beaver River wildfire at 5,602 ha. Large fires reached Northern Rockies.
Fires of 1,000 ha or more in 2019Other years since 1990
The 5 large fires of 2019, largest first
- 1Beaver River (G90363)May 23, 2019 · Northern Rockies5,602 ha
- 2R91233August 2, 2019 · Kitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area D5,445 ha
- 3K51244August 4, 2019 · Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area C2,640 ha
- 4R90376May 25, 2019 · Stikine Region1,936 ha
- 5R90881July 4, 2019 · Stikine Region1,197 ha
Under each fire: when it started and the places with the most of it. Bars compare each fire with the season's largest.
| Wildfires recorded | 828 |
|---|---|
| Area inside mapped perimeters | 21,775 ha (218 km²) |
| Fires of 1,000 ha or more | 5, covering 16,820 ha |
| Rank by area since 1990 | 26th of 36 |
Every fire of 1,000 ha or more since 1990, as the BC Wildfire Service mapped it. A perimeter is the fire's outer edge: patches inside it may not have burned, and the hectares are the area inside it. A fire that burned through the winter keeps the year it started. Names are the province's; a fire without one goes by its fire number. The area adds up every perimeter of the season, small fires included; where two fires' perimeters overlap, the ground is counted twice, so totals can differ from the BC Wildfire Service's season summary.
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.
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.