Desert Hot Springs

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. High 40 acres · Local Responsibility Area <1%
  2. Moderate 13,193 acres · 2 state, 13,191 local 68%
  3. Non-wildland 4,457 acres · Local Responsibility Area 23%
  4. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 1,821 acres · Mostly federal land 9%

  19,511 acres of land in all, 2 in the State Responsibility Area and 17,687 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

  Fires CAL FIRE has recorded here

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  1. 1995 Verbenia Fire 21,444 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 1,541 acres here
  2. 1995 Hwy 62 Fire 1,317 acres in total · Cause: Arson 1,040 acres here
  3. 1988 Local Fire 689 acres here
  4. 1988 State Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 302 acres here
  5. 2017 Fairview Fire 26 acres here

  The most recent was the 2017 Fairview Fire, which burned 26 acres here. In all, 3,565 acres of Desert Hot Springs 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