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BC wildfire season 2025

In 2025, the BC Wildfire Service recorded 1,396 wildfires, and their mapped perimeters cover 885,103 ha (8,851 km²): the 5th-largest season since 1990 by area. 39 fires grew past 1,000 ha and account for 98% of that area; the largest was wildfire G90216 at 280,461 ha. Large fires reached Northern Rockies.

Wildfire G90216, 2025: 280,461 haPocket Knife Creek wildfire, 2025: 149,505 haWildfire G90382, 2025: 94,057 haSummit Lake wildfire, 2025: 80,842 haItcha Lake wildfire, 2025: 57,886 haKiskatinaw River wildfire, 2025: 26,195 haDusty Lake wildfire, 2025: 22,883 haBeef Trail Creek wildfire, 2025: 13,574 haWildfire G90421, 2025: 13,516 haWildfire G90425, 2025: 12,445 haWildfire G90475, 2025: 11,046 haTsetzi Lake wildfire, 2025: 9,369 haHeck Creek wildfire, 2025: 8,554 haPalmer Creek wildfire, 2025: 8,356 haSmokey Lake wildfire, 2025: 7,790 haWildfire G80320, 2025: 7,584 haRedbrush wildfire, 2025: 5,496 haOctopus Lake wildfire, 2025: 5,471 haNuntsi Creek wildfire, 2025: 4,984 haAlces River wildfire, 2025: 4,207 haWildfire G80402, 2025: 4,138 haMount Underwood wildfire, 2025: 3,518 haWildfire G90463, 2025: 3,468 haWildfire G90220, 2025: 3,428 haPlacer Creek wildfire, 2025: 3,135 haWildfire G80476, 2025: 3,104 haMine Creek wildfire, 2025: 2,904 haMartin Lake wildfire, 2025: 2,245 haSuey Bay wildfire, 2025: 2,233 haWildfire G90391, 2025: 2,095 haGlacier Creek wildfire, 2025: 2,017 haTurnbull Creek wildfire, 2025: 1,999 haWildfire G80396, 2025: 1,885 haWildfire G90400, 2025: 1,763 haWildfire G80426, 2025: 1,661 haCantilever Bar wildfire, 2025: 1,472 haSimms Creek wildfire, 2025: 1,155 haHolding Creek wildfire, 2025: 1,015 haLittle Andrews Bay wildfire, 2025: 1,002 ha

Fires of 1,000 ha or more in 2025Other years since 1990

The 39 large fires of 2025, largest first

  1. 1G90216May 1, 2023 · Northern Rockies280,461 ha
  2. 2Pocket Knife Creek (G80352)May 17, 2025 · Peace River, Electoral Area B149,505 ha
  3. 3G90382May 22, 2025 · Northern Rockies94,057 ha
  4. 4Summit Lake (G90413)May 27, 2025 · Northern Rockies80,842 ha
  5. 5Itcha Lake (C11659)August 25, 2025 · Cariboo, Electoral Area J57,886 ha
  6. 6Kiskatinaw River (G70422)May 18, 2025 · Peace River, Electoral Area D26,195 ha
  7. 7Dusty Lake (C51880)August 31, 2025 · Cariboo, Electoral Area J22,883 ha
  8. 8Beef Trail Creek (C51672)August 27, 2025 · Cariboo, Electoral Area J13,574 ha
  9. 9G90421May 28, 2025 · Stikine Region13,516 ha
  10. 10G90425May 27, 2025 · Northern Rockies12,445 ha
  11. 11G90475June 1, 2025 · Northern Rockies11,046 ha
  12. 12Tsetzi Lake (G41658)August 27, 2025 · Cariboo, Electoral Area I; Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area E9,369 ha
  13. 13Heck Creek (G80473)June 1, 2025 · Peace River, Electoral Area B8,554 ha
  14. 14Palmer Creek (C51738)August 29, 2025 · Cariboo, Electoral Area J8,356 ha
  15. 15Smokey Lake (C51730)August 29, 2025 · Cariboo, Electoral Area J7,790 ha
  16. 16G80320April 1, 2025 · Northern Rockies7,584 ha
  17. 17Redbrush (C51874)August 29, 2025 · Cariboo, Electoral Area J5,496 ha
  18. 18Octopus Lake (VA1845)August 31, 2025 · Central Coast, Electoral Area C5,471 ha
  19. 19Nuntsi Creek (C51842)August 31, 2025 · Cariboo, Electoral Area J4,984 ha
  20. 20Alces River (G80497)June 1, 2025 · Peace River, Electoral Area B4,207 ha
  21. 21G80402April 1, 2025 · Northern Rockies4,138 ha
  22. 22Mount Underwood (V71498)August 11, 2025 · Alberni-Clayoquot, Electoral Area A; Alberni-Clayoquot, Electoral Area F3,518 ha
  23. 23G90463June 1, 2025 · Northern Rockies3,468 ha
  24. 24G90220May 2, 2025 · Northern Rockies3,428 ha
  25. 25Placer Creek (K60922)July 11, 2025 · Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area H; Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area G3,135 ha
And 14 more
  1. 26G80476June 1, 2025 · Peace River, Electoral Area B; Northern Rockies3,104 ha
  2. 27Mine Creek (K61891)August 28, 2025 · Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area N (Beautiful Nicola Valley - South)2,904 ha
  3. 28Martin Lake (C50627)June 14, 2025 · Cariboo, Electoral Area J2,245 ha
  4. 29Suey Bay (C31794)August 30, 2025 · Cariboo, Electoral Area F2,233 ha
  5. 30G90391May 25, 2025 · Northern Rockies2,095 ha
  6. 31Glacier Creek (R90700)June 20, 2025 · Stikine Region2,017 ha
  7. 32Turnbull Creek (V11860)August 31, 2025 · Fraser Valley, Electoral Area B1,999 ha
  8. 33G80396April 1, 2025 · Northern Rockies1,885 ha
  9. 34G90400May 18, 2025 · Northern Rockies1,763 ha
  10. 35G80426April 1, 2025 · Northern Rockies1,661 ha
  11. 36Cantilever Bar (K71095)July 28, 2025 · Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country)1,472 ha
  12. 37Simms Creek (V31793)August 29, 2025 · Squamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area C1,155 ha
  13. 38Holding Creek (K61924)September 1, 2025 · Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area H1,015 ha
  14. 39Little Andrews Bay (R20528)June 8, 2025 · Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area E1,002 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 recorded1,396
Area inside mapped perimeters885,103 ha (8,851 km²)
Fires of 1,000 ha or more39, covering 868,458 ha
Rank by area since 19905th 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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