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BC wildfire C21250 · 2021 · 12,040 ha
Wildfire C21250, 2021
Wildfire C21250 started on June 2, 2021, caused by lightning. It was declared out on November 15, 2021. Its mapped perimeter covers 12,040 ha (120 km²): the 17th-largest of 2021's 59 large fires, and the 161st-largest in BC since 1990. All of it was in Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area E (Bonaparte Plateau). The nearest municipality, Clinton, is roughly 68 km away; the fire covered about 15 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area E (Bonaparte Plateau) | 12,038 ha | 2% |
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.
- 2026French Bar Creek wildfire61,051 ha in all1,835 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 | C21250 |
|---|---|
| Season | 2021 |
| Started | June 2, 2021 |
| Declared out | November 15, 2021 |
| Cause | Lightning |
| Area inside the perimeter | 12,040 ha (120 km²) |
| Location, as the province describes it | Churn Creek Protected Area |
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 2021: Mount Porter wildfire. Smaller: Wildfire G61199. Every large fire of 2021 · all seasons since 1990 · has my property burned?