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BC wildfire season 2024

In 2024, the BC Wildfire Service recorded 1,697 wildfires, and their mapped perimeters cover 908,616 ha (9,086 km²): the 4th-largest season since 1990 by area. 50 fires grew past 1,000 ha and account for 97% of that area; the largest was the Nogah Creek wildfire at 508,473 ha. Large fires reached Northern Rockies.

Nogah Creek wildfire, 2024: 508,473 haWildfire R11239, 2024: 55,287 haMichel Creek wildfire, 2024: 33,446 haShetland Creek wildfire, 2024: 27,972 haSikanni Park wildfire, 2024: 25,380 haArgenta Creek wildfire, 2024: 19,153 haWildfire G90399, 2024: 18,597 haMount Wells wildfire, 2024: 14,698 haAntler Creek wildfire, 2024: 14,277 haWildfire G90939, 2024: 14,171 haParker Lake wildfire, 2024: 12,348 haWildfire N21014, 2024: 11,903 haSnowfall Creek wildfire, 2024: 11,156 haWildfire G90686, 2024: 10,755 haRavenshead wildfire, 2024: 8,615 haWildfire C31291, 2024: 6,696 haCalcite Creek wildfire, 2024: 6,684 haNemo Creek wildfire, 2024: 5,980 haDogtooth FSR wildfire, 2024: 5,686 haLaidman Lake wildfire, 2024: 5,466 haKomonko Creek wildfire, 2024: 4,082 haWildfire K21560, 2024: 3,885 haWildfire G92253, 2024: 3,571 haWildfire G61013, 2024: 3,460 haWildfire K21172, 2024: 2,898 haWildfire G41227, 2024: 2,841 haDonnie Creek wildfire, 2024: 2,789 haDunn Creek wildfire, 2024: 2,513 haWildfire N40871, 2024: 2,465 haNorth Blackwater River wildfire, 2024: 2,423 haMulvey Creek wildfire, 2024: 2,235 haWildfire G80854, 2024: 2,133 haPonderosa FSR wildfire, 2024: 1,931 haBurgess Creek wildfire, 2024: 1,849 haWildfire G80549, 2024: 1,835 haNetalzul Creek wildfire, 2024: 1,755 haWildfire G92348, 2024: 1,644 haTesla Lake wildfire, 2024: 1,568 haWildfire C30788, 2024: 1,565 haWildfire K21056, 2024: 1,490 haWildfire G41160, 2024: 1,417 haWildfire C31182, 2024: 1,379 haWildfire R21996, 2024: 1,366 haWildfire G90992, 2024: 1,304 haWildfire G52123, 2024: 1,278 haSitkum Creek wildfire, 2024: 1,262 haDeep Creek wildfire, 2024: 1,220 haWildfire K21563, 2024: 1,106 haWildfire N41259, 2024: 1,104 haWildfire N40835, 2024: 1,038 ha

Fires of 1,000 ha or more in 2024Other years since 1990

The 50 large fires of 2024, largest first

  1. 1Nogah Creek (G90228)June 28, 2023 · Northern Rockies508,473 ha
  2. 2R11239July 19, 2024 · Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area E55,287 ha
  3. 3Michel Creek (R11201)July 19, 2024 · Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area E33,446 ha
  4. 4Shetland Creek (K70910)July 12, 2024 · Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country)27,972 ha
  5. 5Sikanni Park (G80270)May 1, 2024 · Northern Rockies; Peace River, Electoral Area B25,380 ha
  6. 6Argenta Creek (N71058)July 18, 2024 · Central Kootenay, Electoral Area D19,153 ha
  7. 7G90399July 6, 2023 · Northern Rockies18,597 ha
  8. 8Mount Wells (R12015)July 19, 2024 · Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area E14,698 ha
  9. 9Antler Creek (C11303)July 19, 2024 · Cariboo, Electoral Area C14,277 ha
  10. 10G90939July 10, 2024 · Stikine Region14,171 ha
  11. 11Parker Lake (G90267)May 10, 2024 · Northern Rockies12,348 ha
  12. 12N21014July 15, 2024 · East Kootenay, Electoral Area E11,903 ha
  13. 13Snowfall Creek (G80286)June 4, 2023 · Northern Rockies11,156 ha
  14. 14G90686July 1, 2024 · Northern Rockies10,755 ha
  15. 15Ravenshead (N21610)July 23, 2024 · East Kootenay, Electoral Area F8,615 ha
  16. 16C31291July 20, 2024 · Cariboo, Electoral Area F; Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area A (Wells Gray Country)6,696 ha
  17. 17Calcite Creek (K61067)July 17, 2024 · Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area H6,684 ha
  18. 18Nemo Creek (N51103)July 17, 2024 · Central Kootenay, Electoral Area H5,980 ha
  19. 19Dogtooth FSR (N21427)July 19, 2024 · Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area A5,686 ha
  20. 20Laidman Lake (G41261)July 19, 2024 · Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area E5,466 ha
  21. 21Komonko Creek (N51210)July 17, 2024 · Central Kootenay, Electoral Area H4,082 ha
  22. 22K21560July 22, 2024 · Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area A (Wells Gray Country)3,885 ha
  23. 23G92253August 8, 2024 · Northern Rockies3,571 ha
  24. 24G61013July 17, 2024 · Stikine Region3,460 ha
  25. 25K21172July 18, 2024 · Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area A (Wells Gray Country)2,898 ha
And 25 more
  1. 26G41227July 18, 2024 · Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area D; Cariboo, Electoral Area I2,841 ha
  2. 27Donnie Creek (G80262)May 9, 2024 · Peace River, Electoral Area B2,789 ha
  3. 28Dunn Creek (K21354)July 22, 2024 · Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area O (Lower North Thompson)2,513 ha
  4. 29N40871July 11, 2024 · Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area A2,465 ha
  5. 30North Blackwater River (G41159)July 18, 2024 · Cariboo, Electoral Area I2,423 ha
  6. 31Mulvey Creek (N51117)July 17, 2024 · Central Kootenay, Electoral Area H2,235 ha
  7. 32G80854July 10, 2024 · Peace River, Electoral Area B2,133 ha
  8. 33Ponderosa FSR (N51069)July 17, 2024 · Central Kootenay, Electoral Area H1,931 ha
  9. 34Burgess Creek (C20117)April 20, 2024 · Cariboo, Electoral Area F1,849 ha
  10. 35G80549June 20, 2024 · Peace River, Electoral Area B1,835 ha
  11. 36Netalzul Creek (R31901)August 7, 2024 · Kitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area B1,755 ha
  12. 37G92348August 13, 2024 · Stikine Region1,644 ha
  13. 38Tesla Lake (R12040)August 9, 2024 · Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area E1,568 ha
  14. 39C30788July 10, 2024 · Cariboo, Electoral Area F1,565 ha
  15. 40K21056July 17, 2024 · Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area A (Wells Gray Country)1,490 ha
  16. 41G41160July 18, 2024 · Cariboo, Electoral Area I1,417 ha
  17. 42C31182July 18, 2024 · Cariboo, Electoral Area F; Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area A (Wells Gray Country)1,379 ha
  18. 43R21996August 9, 2024 · Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area C1,366 ha
  19. 44G90992July 10, 2024 · Northern Rockies1,304 ha
  20. 45G52123August 9, 2024 · Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area C1,278 ha
  21. 46Sitkum Creek (K41109)July 17, 2024 · North Okanagan, Electoral Area E1,262 ha
  22. 47Deep Creek (R11930)July 24, 2024 · Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area C1,220 ha
  23. 48K21563July 22, 2024 · Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area A (Wells Gray Country)1,106 ha
  24. 49N41259July 19, 2024 · Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area A1,104 ha
  25. 50N40835July 10, 2024 · Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area A1,038 ha

Under each fire: when it started and the places with the most of it. Bars compare each fire with the season's largest.

Wildfires recorded1,697
Area inside mapped perimeters908,616 ha (9,086 km²)
Fires of 1,000 ha or more50, covering 878,146 ha
Rank by area since 19904th of 36

Every fire of 1,000 ha or more since 1990, as the BC Wildfire Service mapped it. A perimeter is the fire's outer edge: patches inside it may not have burned, and the hectares are the area inside it. A fire that burned through the winter keeps the year it started. Names are the province's; a fire without one goes by its fire number. The area adds up every perimeter of the season, small fires included; where two fires' perimeters overlap, the ground is counted twice, so totals can differ from the BC Wildfire Service's season summary.

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.

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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