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BC wildfire R90436 · 2022 · 12,330 ha

One Ace Mountain wildfire, 2022

The One Ace Mountain wildfire started on June 30, 2022, caused by lightning. It was declared out on October 27, 2022. Its mapped perimeter covers 12,330 ha (123 km²): the 3rd-largest of 2022's 22 large fires, and the 152nd-largest in BC since 1990. All of it was in Stikine Region. The nearest municipality, Northern Rockies, is roughly 359 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

Cassiar Highway wildfire, 2010: 35,284 haTisigar Lake wildfire, 2011: 11,000 haBlue River wildfire, 2016: 4,765 haLittle Blue River wildfire, 2023: 60,064 ha20162023 N 05 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 Region12,330 haunder 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, and 1 later large fire burned into it again.

  1. 2010Cassiar Highway wildfire35,284 ha in all3,446 ha shared
  2. 2011Tisigar Lake wildfire11,000 ha in all1,066 ha shared
  3. 2023Little Blue River wildfire60,064 ha in all360 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 numberR90436
Season2022
StartedJune 30, 2022
Declared outOctober 27, 2022
CauseLightning
Area inside the perimeter12,330 ha (123 km²)
Location, as the province describes itN of Blue River

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.

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