Encinitas

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 3,970 acres · 3 state, 3,967 local 32%
  2. High 1,437 acres · 4 state, 1,433 local 12%
  3. Moderate 793 acres · 1 state, 792 local 6%
  4. Non-wildland 6,235 acres · Local Responsibility Area 50%
  5. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 9 acres · Mostly federal land <1%

  12,444 acres of land in all, 8 in the State Responsibility Area and 12,427 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. 1943 Unnamed fire 40,248 acres in total 1,892 acres here
  2. 1996 Harmony Fire 9,359 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 637 acres here
  3. 1970 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 126 acres here
  4. 1980 Outside Origin #2 Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 75 acres here

  The most recent was the 1996 Harmony Fire, which burned 637 acres here. In all, 2,019 acres of Encinitas 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