Brea

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 3,911 acres · 3 state, 3,907 local 48%
  2. High 282 acres · Local Responsibility Area 3%
  3. Moderate 273 acres · Local Responsibility Area 3%
  4. Non-wildland 3,430 acres · Local Responsibility Area 42%
  5. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 223 acres · Mostly federal land 3%

  8,119 acres of land in all, 3 in the State Responsibility Area and 7,892 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 17 fires that burned here

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  1. 2008 Freeway Fire 30,305 acres in total · Cause: Vehicle 2,609 acres here
  2. 1980 Carbon Fire 6,955 acres in total 1,661 acres here
  3. 1978 Soquel Fire 3,934 acres in total 811 acres here
  4. 1990 Carbon Canyon Fire 4,978 acres in total 724 acres here
  5. 1959 La Vida Fire 611 acres in total 445 acres here
  6. 1994 Carbon Fire 757 acres in total 180 acres here
  7. 1930 Unnamed fire 733 acres in total 137 acres here
  8. 1994 Wagon Fire 570 acres in total 136 acres here
  9. 1985 Telegraph Fire 1,635 acres in total 102 acres here
  10. 2011 Carbon Canyon Fire 508 acres in total 89 acres here

  And 7 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2017 Carbon Canyon Park Fire, which burned 4 acres here. In all, 2,941 acres of Brea 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