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BC wildfire C10952 · 2026 · 1,581 ha

Wildfire C10952, 2026

Wildfire C10952 started on July 16, 2026, caused by lightning. Its mapped perimeter covers 1,581 ha: the 17th-largest of this season's 27 large fires, and the 598th-largest in BC since 1990. All of it was in Cariboo, Electoral Area I. The nearest municipality, Vanderhoof, is roughly 93 km away; the fire covered about 28% of the land area of it. This season's perimeter as last mapped on August 9, 2026 (status: under control); its size can still change.

A lot's report shows every mapped fire on it and within 2 km, with the lot drawn on the map.

Where it burned

Kluskoil wildfire, 2006: 10,810 haPlateau wildfire, 2017: 520,885 haWildfire C10970, 2017: 21,870 haWildfire C11937, 2018: 13,433 haPurdy Lake wildfire, 2021: 8,086 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
Cariboo, Electoral Area I1,581 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

1 earlier large fire had burned part of this ground.

  1. 2021Purdy Lake wildfire8,086 ha in all203 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 numberC10952
Season2026
StartedJuly 16, 2026
Declared outnot yet (under control)
CauseLightning
Area inside the perimeter1,581 ha
Location, as the province describes it6.4 km S of Kluskoil Lake
Perimeter mappedAugust 9, 2026

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 2026: Swede Creek wildfire. Smaller: Inonoaklin Creek wildfire. Every large fire of 2026 · all seasons since 1990 · has my property burned?