Good Hope

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 4,752 acres · 4,545 state, 207 local 66%
  2. High 551 acres · 443 state, 108 local 8%
  3. Moderate 1,538 acres · 1,458 state, 80 local 21%
  4. Non-wildland 112 acres · Local Responsibility Area 2%
  5. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 231 acres · Mostly federal land 3%

  7,184 acres of land in all, 6,446 in the State Responsibility Area and 507 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

  The 10 largest of 28 fires that burned here

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  1. 1970 Terrace Hill Fire 1,848 acres in total 635 acres here
  2. 1960 Unnamed fire 5,277 acres in total 632 acres here
  3. 1979 Unnamed fire 1,126 acres in total 615 acres here
  4. 1981 Micheal Fire 1,154 acres in total 576 acres here
  5. 2004 Cerrito Fire 16,447 acres in total · Cause: Playing with fire 461 acres here
  6. 1960 Gavilan Peak Fire 1,904 acres in total 427 acres here
  7. 1982 Fox Fire 573 acres in total · Cause: Arson 375 acres here
  8. 1979 Sophie Fire 1,111 acres in total 321 acres here
  9. 1944 Unnamed fire 12,473 acres in total 311 acres here
  10. 2001 Olive Fire 283 acres in total 257 acres here

  And 18 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2025 Juniper Fire, which burned 35 acres here. In all, 3,079 acres of Good Hope 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