Beale AFB

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Moderate 26 acres · 21 state, 4 local <1%
  2. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 6,439 acres · Mostly federal land >99%

  6,466 acres of land in all, 22 in the State Responsibility Area and 4 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

  Fires CAL FIRE has recorded here

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  1. 2021 Intanko Fire 939 acres in total 483 acres here
  2. 2020 Valley Fire 377 acres in total 373 acres here
  3. 2013 Grass Valley Fire 255 acres in total 242 acres here
  4. 1963 Camp Beale #29 Fire 502 acres in total 219 acres here
  5. 1954 Camp Beale #1 Fire 509 acres in total 76 acres here
  6. 2025 Beale Afb Grass Valley Gate Fire 57 acres in total 56 acres here
  7. 2021 Beale2 Fire Cause: Power lines 55 acres here
  8. 1955 Camp Beale #7 Fire 446 acres in total 36 acres here
  9. 1967 Capehart Fire 1,063 acres in total 34 acres here
  10. 1973 Fish & Game #4 Fire 242 acres in total 2 acres here

  The most recent was the 2025 Beale Afb Grass Valley Gate Fire, which burned 56 acres here. In all, 1,430 acres of Beale AFB 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