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BC wildfire G41227 · 2024 · 2,841 ha

Wildfire G41227, 2024

Wildfire G41227 started on July 18, 2024, caused by lightning. It was declared out on November 12, 2024. Its mapped perimeter covers 2,841 ha: the 26th-largest of 2024's 50 large fires, and the 432nd-largest in BC since 1990. 53% of it was in Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area D. The nearest municipality, Fraser Lake, is roughly 75 km away; the fire covered about 5.5 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 G41607, 2018: 20,760 haCutoff Creek wildfire, 2021: 33,073 ha 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
Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area D1,511 haunder 1%
Cariboo, Electoral Area I1,330 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 numberG41227
Season2024
StartedJuly 18, 2024
Declared outNovember 12, 2024
CauseLightning
Area inside the perimeter2,841 ha
Location, as the province describes it10KM North of Tatelkuz Lake

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 K21172. Smaller: Donnie Creek wildfire. Every large fire of 2024 · all seasons since 1990 · has my property burned?