Brooks

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 900 acres · State Responsibility Area 33%
  2. High 223 acres · State Responsibility Area 8%
  3. Moderate 1,435 acres · State Responsibility Area 52%
  4. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 196 acres · Mostly federal land 7%

  2,754 acres of land in all, 2,558 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

  Fires CAL FIRE has recorded here

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  1. 2000 Sixteen Fire 390 acres in total · Cause: Arson 286 acres here
  2. 2003 Capay Fire 425 acres in total · Cause: Arson 143 acres here
  3. 1992 Jenkins Fire 548 acres in total 113 acres here
  4. 2020 Cache Fire 45 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 43 acres here
  5. 1985 Bald Mt. Fire 5,919 acres in total 23 acres here

  The most recent was the 2020 Cache Fire, which burned 43 acres here. In all, 363 acres of Brooks 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