El Dorado Hills

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 6,685 acres · 6,303 state, 381 local 21%
  2. High 10,719 acres · 10,318 state, 401 local 33%
  3. Moderate 9,898 acres · 8,697 state, 1,201 local 30%
  4. Non-wildland 2,290 acres · Local Responsibility Area 7%
  5. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 2,967 acres · Mostly federal land 9%

  32,558 acres of land in all, 25,318 in the State Responsibility Area and 4,273 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 19 fires that burned here

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  1. 1931 Unnamed fire 4,386 acres in total 4,338 acres here
  2. 1931 Unnamed fire 6,693 acres in total 2,434 acres here
  3. 1931 Unnamed fire 2,551 acres in total 1,533 acres here
  4. 1981 Joerger Series Fire 1,676 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 1,105 acres here
  5. 1964 Joerger Fire 1,514 acres in total 848 acres here
  6. 1969 Bass Lake Road Fire 358 acres here
  7. 1976 Quarry Fire 20,870 acres in total 327 acres here
  8. 1959 Dunlap Fire 299 acres here
  9. 2001 Payen Fire 302 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 271 acres here
  10. 1992 Smud #1 Fire 1,179 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 250 acres here

  And 9 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2022 Latrobe Fire, which burned 27 acres here. In all, 10,580 acres of El Dorado Hills 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