Georgetown

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 8,803 acres · State Responsibility Area 91%
  2. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 882 acres · Mostly federal land 9%

  9,685 acres of land in all, 8,803 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

  Fires CAL FIRE has recorded here

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  1. 1931 Hotchkiss Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 134 acres here
  2. 1931 Unnamed fire 77 acres here
  3. 1954 Kaiser Fire 230 acres in total 61 acres here
  4. 1933 Hotchkiss Hill Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 26 acres here
  5. 1917 Section 28 Fire 1,698 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 9 acres here
  6. 1928 Unnamed fire 83 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 7 acres here
  7. 1921 Dark Canyon #5 Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 4 acres here
  8. 1921 Slate Ck Fire 4 acres in total 2 acres here

  The most recent was the 1954 Kaiser Fire, which burned 61 acres here. In all, 319 acres of Georgetown 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