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BC wildfire K51402 · 2026 · 1,278 ha
Quilpituk Creek wildfire, 2026
The Quilpituk Creek wildfire started on August 1, 2026, caused by people. It was declared out on September 28, 2026. Its mapped perimeter covers 1,278 ha: the 25th-largest of this season's 27 large fires, and the 668th-largest in BC since 1990. All of it was in Central Okanagan West. The nearest municipality, Lake Country, is roughly 9 km away; the fire covered a small fraction of the land area of it. This season's perimeter as last mapped on August 21, 2026 (status: out); its size can still change.
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Where it burned
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Central Okanagan West | 1,278 ha | 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.
- 2009Terrace Mountain wildfire9,277 ha in all533 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 | K51402 |
|---|---|
| Season | 2026 |
| Started | August 1, 2026 |
| Declared out | September 28, 2026 |
| Cause | People |
| Area inside the perimeter | 1,278 ha |
| Perimeter mapped | August 21, 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: Wildfire K71668. Smaller: Jumbo Creek wildfire. Every large fire of 2026 · all seasons since 1990 · has my property burned?