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BC wildfire G90288 · 2023 · 768,915 ha
Wildfire G90288, 2023
Wildfire G90288 started on May 11, 2023, caused by lightning. It burned on through the winter and was declared out on August 28, 2024. Its mapped perimeter covers 768,915 ha (7,689 km²): the largest of 2023's 119 large fires, and the largest in BC since 1990. It reached Northern Rockies, burning 287,958 ha there, 3% of the mountain resort municipality's land. The whole fire covered a small fraction of the land area of Northern Rockies.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Northern Rockies | 287,958 ha | 3% |
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
12 earlier large fires had burned part of this ground, and 3 later large fires burned into it again.
- 1994Wildfire K100402,783 ha in all2,783 ha shared
- 2003Wildfire G9023926,874 ha in all12,918 ha shared
- 2004Wildfire G904419,202 ha in all8,538 ha shared
- 2012The Pesh wildfire12,196 ha in all5,263 ha shared
- 2012Wildfire G902571,102 ha in all1,100 ha shared
- 2015Wildfire G902582,205 ha in all1,669 ha shared
- 2015Wildfire G902611,280 ha in all1,278 ha shared
- 2015Wildfire G9026313,499 ha in all1,797 ha shared
- 2015Wildfire G902676,254 ha in all638 ha shared
- 2015Wildfire G903233,152 ha in all2,386 ha shared
- 2017Wildfire G915344,655 ha in all767 ha shared
- 2018Wildfire G907633,588 ha in all1,234 ha shared
- 2024Wildfire G9068610,755 ha in all237 ha shared
- 2025Wildfire G90216280,461 ha in all211 ha shared
- 2025Wildfire G9038294,057 ha in all4,115 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 | G90288 |
|---|---|
| Season | 2023 |
| Started | May 11, 2023 |
| Declared out | August 28, 2024 |
| Cause | Lightning |
| Area inside the perimeter | 768,915 ha (7,689 km²) |
| Location, as the province describes it | Hossitl Creek |
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.
Smaller: Donnie Creek wildfire. Every large fire of 2023 · all seasons since 1990 · has my property burned?