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BC wildfire G90228 · 2024 · 508,473 ha
Nogah Creek wildfire, 2024
The Nogah Creek wildfire started on June 28, 2023, caused by lightning. It burned on through the winter and was declared out on March 31, 2025. Its mapped perimeter covers 508,473 ha (5,085 km²): the largest of 2024's 50 large fires, and the 4th-largest in BC since 1990. It reached Northern Rockies, burning 508,473 ha there, 6% of the mountain resort municipality's land. The whole fire covered a small fraction of the land area of Northern Rockies.
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Where it burned
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
| Place | Burned there | Of the place's land |
|---|---|---|
| Northern Rockies | 508,473 ha | 6% |
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
6 earlier large fires had burned part of this ground, and 6 later large fires burned into it again.
- 2004Wildfire G9035212,583 ha in all492 ha shared
- 2005Wildfire G901515,778 ha in all2,418 ha shared
- 2012SW Kotcho Lake wildfire2,481 ha in all2,483 ha shared
- 2014Wildfire G902321,290 ha in all598 ha shared
- 2015Petitot River wildfire4,176 ha in all3,066 ha shared
- 2015Wildfire G9026313,499 ha in all336 ha shared
- 2025Wildfire G803207,584 ha in all6,040 ha shared
- 2025Wildfire G804024,138 ha in all1,165 ha shared
- 2025Wildfire G804261,661 ha in all72 ha shared
- 2025Wildfire G90216280,461 ha in all1,053 ha shared
- 2025Wildfire G9038294,057 ha in all162 ha shared
- 2025Wildfire G903912,095 ha in all647 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 | G90228 |
|---|---|
| Season | 2024 |
| Started | June 28, 2023 |
| Declared out | March 31, 2025 |
| Cause | Lightning |
| Area inside the perimeter | 508,473 ha (5,085 km²) |
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.
Smaller: Wildfire R11239. Every large fire of 2024 · all seasons since 1990 · has my property burned?