Greeley Hill

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 8,532 acres · State Responsibility Area 56%
  2. High 695 acres · State Responsibility Area 5%
  3. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 6,087 acres · Mostly federal land 40%

  15,313 acres of land in all, 9,226 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 30 fires that burned here

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  1. 1909 Unnamed fire 9,730 acres in total 5,536 acres here
  2. 1924 Unnamed fire 37,135 acres in total 1,857 acres here
  3. 1987 Hamm Fire 33,144 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,459 acres here
  4. 1959 Smith Fire 1,300 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 896 acres here
  5. 1924 Unnamed fire 907 acres in total 888 acres here
  6. 1947 Unnamed fire 858 acres in total 842 acres here
  7. 1987 Hasloe Fire 6,524 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 833 acres here
  8. 1910 Unnamed fire 2,816 acres in total 534 acres here
  9. 1934 Unnamed fire 441 acres here
  10. 1952 Laveroni Fire 384 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 356 acres here

  And 20 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2019 Converse Fire, which burned 13 acres here. In all, 10,537 acres of Greeley Hill 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