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BC wildfire K71634 · 2023 · 4,734 ha

Stein Mountain wildfire, 2023

The Stein Mountain wildfire started on July 12, 2023, caused by lightning. It was declared out on October 20, 2023. Its mapped perimeter covers 4,734 ha: the 65th-largest of 2023's 119 large fires, and the 324th-largest in BC since 1990. 96% of it was in Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country). The nearest municipality, Lytton, is roughly 20 km away; the fire covered about 6.5 times 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

Wildfire K70103, 1997: 1,057 haIntlpam wildfire, 2009: 1,597 haWildfire K70270, 2014: 1,240 haLytton Creek wildfire, 2021: 83,671 haNohomin Creek wildfire, 2022: 3,746 haPonderosa Creek wildfire, 2023: 5,022 haShetland Creek wildfire, 2024: 27,972 ha19972009 N 02 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
Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country)4,544 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

No other fire of 1,000 ha or more since 1990 overlaps this one by 50 ha or more.

The record

Fire numberK71634
Season2023
StartedJuly 12, 2023
Declared outOctober 20, 2023
CauseLightning
Area inside the perimeter4,734 ha

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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