El Portal

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 38 acres · State Responsibility Area 3%
  2. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 1,184 acres · Mostly federal land 97%

  1,222 acres of land in all, 38 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 23 fires that burned here

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  1. 1909 Unnamed fire 14,413 acres in total 725 acres here
  2. 2018 Ferguson Fire 96,831 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 590 acres here
  3. 1936 Unnamed fire 4,925 acres in total 490 acres here
  4. 1990 A-Rock Fire 17,758 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 422 acres here
  5. 1927 Unnamed fire 11,854 acres in total 415 acres here
  6. 1919 Unnamed fire 538 acres in total 302 acres here
  7. 1911 Unnamed fire 191 acres in total 158 acres here
  8. 2003 Woodlot Fire 481 acres in total · Cause: Arson 120 acres here
  9. 1926 Unnamed fire 3,255 acres in total 106 acres here
  10. 1921 Unnamed fire 840 acres in total 101 acres here

  And 13 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2018 Ferguson Fire, which burned 590 acres here. In all, 1,186 acres of El Portal 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