Banning

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 7,576 acres · 11 state, 7,564 local 51%
  2. High 1,090 acres · Local Responsibility Area 7%
  3. Moderate 999 acres · Local Responsibility Area 7%
  4. Non-wildland 4,270 acres · Local Responsibility Area 29%
  5. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 936 acres · Mostly federal land 6%

  14,871 acres of land in all, 12 in the State Responsibility Area and 13,923 in the Local. State zones are the ones the State Fire Marshal designated, in effect since April 1, 2024. Local zones are CAL FIRE's 2025 recommendation, which each city or county adopts by ordinance and can make stricter. How to read fire zones

• Fire history

  The 10 largest of 61 fires that burned here

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  1. 1993 Repplier Fire 5,994 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 2,896 acres here
  2. 2020 Apple Fire 33,236 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 2,458 acres here
  3. 1968 Unnamed fire 15,982 acres in total 2,152 acres here
  4. 1957 Unnamed fire 1,892 acres in total 1,429 acres here
  5. 2013 Summit Fire 3,166 acres in total 1,420 acres here
  6. 1973 Morongo Fire 8,055 acres in total 938 acres here
  7. 1929 Unnamed fire 2,574 acres in total 721 acres here
  8. 1951 Unnamed fire 924 acres in total 707 acres here
  9. 2016 Bogart Fire 1,459 acres in total 614 acres here
  10. 1923 Unnamed fire 1,932 acres in total 576 acres here

  And 51 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2025 Wolf Fire, which burned 18 acres here. In all, 8,654 acres of Banning have burned. Acres are the land each fire burned here, and fires that crossed less than an acre are not counted. Some older or smaller fires may be missing, and a fire perimeter can include unburned patches. How to read fire history