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BC wildfire K21658 · 2021 · 17,068 ha
Momich Lake wildfire, 2021
The Momich Lake wildfire started on July 8, 2021, caused by lightning. It was declared out on September 15, 2021. Its mapped perimeter covers 17,068 ha (171 km²): the 12th-largest of 2021's 59 large fires, and the 116th-largest in BC since 1990. 81% of it was in Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area O (Lower North Thompson). The nearest municipality, Barriere, is roughly 58 km away; the fire covered about 14 times the land area of it.
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Where it burned
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
| Place | Burned there | Of the place's land |
|---|---|---|
| Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area O (Lower North Thompson) | 13,765 ha | 2% |
| Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area F | 3,303 ha | 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
2 earlier large fires had burned part of this ground.
- 2009Momich Lake wildfire1,515 ha in all1,485 ha shared
- 2009Wildfire K113032,580 ha in all2,438 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 | K21658 |
|---|---|
| Season | 2021 |
| Started | July 8, 2021 |
| Declared out | September 15, 2021 |
| Cause | Lightning |
| Area inside the perimeter | 17,068 ha (171 km²) |
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: Wildfire K61882. Smaller: Blackpine wildfire. Every large fire of 2021 · all seasons since 1990 · has my property burned?