Bodfish

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 2,757 acres · State Responsibility Area 52%
  2. High 190 acres · State Responsibility Area 4%
  3. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 2,318 acres · Mostly federal land 44%

  5,265 acres of land in all, 2,947 of it in the State Responsibility Area. 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 28 fires that burned here

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  1. 1984 Bodfish Fire 26,709 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 1,288 acres here
  2. 1921 Unnamed fire 13,172 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 811 acres here
  3. 1942 Unnamed fire 26,979 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 574 acres here
  4. 1963 Bodfish Oaks Fire 569 acres in total 526 acres here
  5. 1987 Bobfish-Kern #14 Fire 464 acres here
  6. 2007 Bodfish Fire 212 acres here
  7. 2002 Borel Fire 3,418 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 208 acres here
  8. 1995 Red Fire Cause: Equipment use 157 acres here
  9. 2024 Red Fire 98 acres here
  10. 2010 Canyon Fire 9,336 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 86 acres here

  And 18 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2025 Isabella Fire, which burned 6 acres here. In all, 2,909 acres of Bodfish 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