Duarte

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 872 acres · Local Responsibility Area 20%
  2. High 118 acres · Local Responsibility Area 3%
  3. Moderate 122 acres · Local Responsibility Area 3%
  4. Non-wildland 1,283 acres · Local Responsibility Area 30%
  5. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 1,917 acres · Mostly federal land 44%

  4,312 acres of land in all, 2,396 of it in the Local 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 15 fires that burned here

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  1. 1958 Unnamed fire 13,944 acres in total 2,382 acres here
  2. 1924 San Gabriel Fire 43,050 acres in total 1,978 acres here
  3. 2016 Fish Fire 4,246 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,891 acres here
  4. 1968 Canyon Inn Fire 19,056 acres in total 1,692 acres here
  5. 1980 Stable Fire 6,049 acres in total 1,489 acres here
  6. 2020 Bobcat Fire 115,998 acres in total 448 acres here
  7. 1953 Maddock Fire 558 acres in total 177 acres here
  8. 1952 Spinks Fire 179 acres in total 158 acres here
  9. 1916 Duarte Fire 179 acres in total 141 acres here
  10. 1952 Baird Fire 138 acres in total 110 acres here

  And 5 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2020 Bobcat Fire, which burned 448 acres here. In all, 2,739 acres of Duarte 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