Descanso

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 6,945 acres · State Responsibility Area 57%
  2. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 5,314 acres · Mostly federal land 43%

  12,260 acres of land in all, 6,945 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 13 fires that burned here

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  1. 1950 Conejos Fire 62,849 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 9,300 acres here
  2. 2003 Cedar Fire 270,686 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 9,252 acres here
  3. 1934 Unnamed fire 4,488 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 4,085 acres here
  4. 1911 Unnamed fire 7,307 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2,454 acres here
  5. 1924 Unnamed fire 5,166 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,297 acres here
  6. 1948 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 516 acres here
  7. 1943 Unnamed fire 985 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 275 acres here
  8. 1945 Unnamed fire 181 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 139 acres here
  9. 2021 Road Fire 84 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 83 acres here
  10. 1953 Viejas Fire 708 acres in total 52 acres here

  And 3 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2021 Road Fire, which burned 83 acres here. In all, 10,839 acres of Descanso 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