Campo

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 8,110 acres · State Responsibility Area 54%
  2. High 2,739 acres · State Responsibility Area 18%
  3. Moderate 162 acres · State Responsibility Area 1%
  4. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 4,027 acres · Mostly federal land 27%

  15,039 acres of land in all, 11,012 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 27 fires that burned here

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  1. 1968 Donovan Fire 8,814 acres in total 4,507 acres here
  2. 1973 Boulder Oaks Fire 8,051 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2,537 acres here
  3. 1940 Unnamed fire 9,122 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2,115 acres here
  4. 1947 Unnamed fire 1,989 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,760 acres here
  5. 1999 Campo Fire 864 acres in total 824 acres here
  6. 1915 Unnamed fire 1,602 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 562 acres here
  7. 1999 Gloria Fire 2,233 acres in total 514 acres here
  8. 1999 Shockey Fire 3,285 acres in total 351 acres here
  9. 1995 Forestgate Fire 1,862 acres in total · Cause: Smoking 321 acres here
  10. 1933 Unnamed fire 542 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 293 acres here

  And 17 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2018 Recycle Fire, which burned 82 acres here. In all, 9,970 acres of Campo 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