El Cajon

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 319 acres · 1 state, 318 local 3%
  2. High 382 acres · Local Responsibility Area 4%
  3. Moderate 220 acres · Local Responsibility Area 2%
  4. Non-wildland 8,360 acres · Local Responsibility Area 90%
  5. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 5 acres · Mostly federal land <1%

  9,286 acres of land in all, 1 in the State Responsibility Area and 9,281 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. 1942 Unnamed fire 626 acres in total 324 acres here
  2. 1942 Unnamed fire 237 acres here
  3. 1955 Hair Pin #2 Fire 140 acres here
  4. 1970 Laguna Fire 174,162 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 136 acres here
  5. 1944 Unnamed fire 194 acres in total 123 acres here
  6. 1944 Unnamed fire 6,174 acres in total 90 acres here

  The most recent was the 1970 Laguna Fire, which burned 136 acres here. In all, 1,050 acres of El Cajon 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