Within 25 km
82
Official records with mapped locations.
Official historical wildfire records · British Columbia
West Kelowna wildfire history
Explore official historical wildfire records near West Kelowna. These older records are kept separate from FireRadar's own observation archive, which begins in 2026.
Within 50 km
241
Not a prediction of future wildfire likelihood.
Nearest within 100 km
1.5 km
Approximate straight-line distance from West Kelowna.
Years represented
19
Years with at least one official record within 50 km.
Historical record highlights
Nearest historical fire
2023-K51745
- Distance
- 1.5 km
- Year
- 2023
- Ignition date
- Jul 15, 2023
- Source-reported size
- 0 ha
Largest reported record within 50 km
McDougall Creek
- Distance
- 6.2 km
- Year
- 2023
- Cause
- Unknown
- Source-reported size
- 13,970.4 ha
Historical years represented within 50 km
2023202220212020201920182017201620142012201120092008200720052004200220012000
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.