Within 25 km
106
Official records with mapped locations.
Official historical wildfire records · British Columbia
Merritt wildfire history
Explore official historical wildfire records near Merritt. These older records are kept separate from FireRadar's own observation archive, which begins in 2026.
Within 50 km
275
Not a prediction of future wildfire likelihood.
Nearest within 100 km
1.4 km
Approximate straight-line distance from Merritt.
Years represented
17
Years with at least one official record within 50 km.
Historical record highlights
Nearest historical fire
Midday Velley Rd
- Distance
- 1.4 km
- Year
- 2023
- Ignition date
- Jul 29, 2023
- Source-reported size
- 0.6 ha
Largest reported record within 50 km
2021-K61882
- Distance
- 46.9 km
- Year
- 2021
- Cause
- Lightning
- Source-reported size
- 19,660.7 ha
Historical years represented within 50 km
20232022202120202019201820172015201420122008200720062005200420032002
Source and coverage
Where this history comes from
BC Wildfire Fire Incident Locations - Historical
Jurisdiction: BC
Years included: Not explicitly supplied in source metadata
Added to FireRadar: Jul 23, 2026
How to interpret this page
- • Historical results are reconstructed from imported official archives and are not FireRadar observations from before FireRadar existed.
- • A zero count is shown only when the selected location's province or territory matches a completed imported source and the coordinate passes that source's defensive coverage bounds.
- • Counts include only records with usable coordinates in the imported source.
- • Missing historical status or perimeter transitions remain missing; FireRadar does not reconstruct them.
- • A historical source-reported size is preserved as published and is not automatically treated as final burned area.
- • Distances are approximate straight-line distances from the selected coordinate.
- • Historical proximity is context, not a FireRadar property-risk score, fire-spread forecast, insurance conclusion or statement of future safety.