Fallbrook

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 5,106 acres · 4,289 state, 817 local 45%
  2. High 2,019 acres · 1,600 state, 419 local 18%
  3. Moderate 655 acres · 236 state, 419 local 6%
  4. Non-wildland 3,443 acres · Local Responsibility Area 31%
  5. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 14 acres · Mostly federal land <1%

  11,238 acres of land in all, 6,126 in the State Responsibility Area and 5,097 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. 2007 Rice Fire 9,472 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,476 acres here
  2. 2002 Gavilan Fire 5,663 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 884 acres here
  3. 1911 Unnamed fire 4,820 acres in total 636 acres here
  4. 1955 Fallbrook Dump Fire 1,766 acres in total 543 acres here
  5. 1915 Unnamed fire 112 acres in total 28 acres here
  6. 2014 Tomahawk Fire 5,365 acres in total 4 acres here

  The most recent was the 2014 Tomahawk Fire, which burned 4 acres here. In all, 2,552 acres of Fallbrook 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