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BC wildfire C11303 · 2024 · 14,277 ha

Antler Creek wildfire, 2024

The Antler Creek wildfire started on July 19, 2024, caused by lightning. It was declared out on October 21, 2024. Its mapped perimeter covers 14,277 ha (143 km²): the 9th-largest of 2024's 50 large fires, and the 129th-largest in BC since 1990. All of it was in Cariboo, Electoral Area C. The nearest municipality, Wells, is roughly 19 km away; the fire covered about 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 C31072, 2017: 1,712 haWildfire C11805, 2021: 1,886 ha 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
Cariboo, Electoral Area C14,277 ha2%

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 numberC11303
Season2024
StartedJuly 19, 2024
Declared outOctober 21, 2024
CauseLightning
Area inside the perimeter14,277 ha (143 km²)
Location, as the province describes itW of Antler 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.

Larger in 2024: Mount Wells wildfire. Smaller: Wildfire G90939. Every large fire of 2024 · all seasons since 1990 · has my property burned?