Elizabeth Lake

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 3,921 acres · State Responsibility Area 94%
  2. High 24 acres · State Responsibility Area 1%
  3. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 215 acres · Mostly federal land 5%

  4,160 acres of land in all, 3,945 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 22 fires that burned here

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  1. 2013 Powerhouse Fire 30,268 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,221 acres here
  2. 1989 San Fran Fire 2,237 acres in total 774 acres here
  3. 1951 Cherry Fire 8,782 acres in total 580 acres here
  4. 1984 Unnamed fire 614 acres in total 545 acres here
  5. 2004 Munz Fire Cause: Arson 266 acres here
  6. 1927 Augustine 18 Fire 9,157 acres in total 236 acres here
  7. 1917 Unnamed fire 176 acres here
  8. 2020 Johnson Fire 292 acres in total · Cause: Vehicle 126 acres here
  9. 1996 Ranch Ii Fire 559 acres in total 119 acres here
  10. 2016 Johnson Fire 101 acres here

  And 12 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2022 Munz Fire, which burned 2 acres here. In all, 2,989 acres of Elizabeth Lake 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