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BC wildfire C41602 · 2021 · 73,863 ha
Wildfire C41602, 2021
Wildfire C41602 started on July 8, 2021, caused by lightning. It was declared out on December 6, 2021. Its mapped perimeter covers 73,863 ha (739 km²): the 4th-largest of 2021's 59 large fires, and the 29th-largest in BC since 1990. 67% of it was in Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area E (Bonaparte Plateau). The nearest municipality, One Hundred Mile House, is roughly 27 km away; the fire covered about 14 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) | 49,144 ha | 7% |
| Cariboo, Electoral Area G | 24,718 ha | 9% |
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.
- 2026Pear Lake wildfire165,909 ha in all722 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 | C41602 |
|---|---|
| Season | 2021 |
| Started | July 8, 2021 |
| Declared out | December 6, 2021 |
| Cause | Lightning |
| Area inside the perimeter | 73,863 ha (739 km²) |
| Location, as the province describes it | 5km W of Flat Lake |
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.
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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: White Rock Lake wildfire. Smaller: Tremont Creek wildfire. Every large fire of 2021 · all seasons since 1990 · has my property burned?