Chilcoot-Vinton

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 68 acres · State Responsibility Area 1%
  2. High 5,425 acres · State Responsibility Area 64%
  3. Moderate 1,493 acres · State Responsibility Area 18%
  4. Non-wildland 151 acres · Local Responsibility Area 2%
  5. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 1,320 acres · Mostly federal land 16%

  8,458 acres of land in all, 6,986 in the State Responsibility Area and 151 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 12 fires that burned here

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  1. 1974 Junction Fire 1,136 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 690 acres here
  2. 1999 Unnamed fire 3,625 acres in total 479 acres here
  3. 1969 Reno Fire 641 acres in total 463 acres here
  4. 2020 Loyalton Fire 46,721 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 398 acres here
  5. 1984 Beckwith (Tahoe Nf) Fire 344 acres here
  6. 1966 Unnamed fire 2,692 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 280 acres here
  7. 2021 Sugar Fire 105,004 acres in total 147 acres here
  8. 2017 Chilcoot Fire 1,020 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 144 acres here
  9. 2003 Chilcoot Fire 5,642 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 106 acres here
  10. 1996 Martineck Fire 331 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 19 acres here

  And 2 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2021 Sugar Fire, which burned 147 acres here. In all, 2,366 acres of Chilcoot-Vinton 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