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BC wildfire C51842 · 2025 · 4,984 ha
Nuntsi Creek wildfire, 2025
The Nuntsi Creek wildfire started on August 31, 2025, caused by lightning. It was declared out on December 16, 2025. Its mapped perimeter covers 4,984 ha: the 19th-largest of 2025's 39 large fires, and the 310th-largest in BC since 1990. All of it was in Cariboo, Electoral Area J. The nearest municipality, Williams Lake, is roughly 117 km away; the fire covered about 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; 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 J | 4,984 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.
- 2003Wildfire C5021427,656 ha in all3,712 ha shared
- 2009Lava Canyon wildfire67,743 ha in all79 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 | C51842 |
|---|---|
| Season | 2025 |
| Started | August 31, 2025 |
| Declared out | December 16, 2025 |
| Cause | Lightning |
| Area inside the perimeter | 4,984 ha |
| Location, as the province describes it | 1.3km N of Elkin 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.
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