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BC wildfire G41159 · 2024 · 2,423 ha
North Blackwater River wildfire, 2024
The North Blackwater River wildfire started on July 18, 2024, caused by lightning. It was declared out on November 12, 2024. Its mapped perimeter covers 2,423 ha: the 30th-largest of 2024's 50 large fires, and the 469th-largest in BC since 1990. All of it was in Cariboo, Electoral Area I. The nearest municipality, Vanderhoof, is roughly 103 km away; the fire covered about 42% of the land area of it.
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Where it burned
This fireOther large fires since 1990
Outline simplified by us from the BC Wildfire Service's perimeter; its largest parts are shown; 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cariboo, Electoral Area I | 2,423 ha | under 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.
- 2014Euchiniko Lakes wildfire21,090 ha in all215 ha shared
- 2017Plateau wildfire520,885 ha in all837 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 | G41159 |
|---|---|
| Season | 2024 |
| Started | July 18, 2024 |
| Declared out | November 12, 2024 |
| Cause | Lightning |
| Area inside the perimeter | 2,423 ha |
| Location, as the province describes it | N of Blackwater 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.
Larger in 2024: Wildfire N40871. Smaller: Mulvey Creek wildfire. Every large fire of 2024 · all seasons since 1990 · has my property burned?