Kep'el

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 329 acres · State Responsibility Area 14%
  2. High 1,404 acres · State Responsibility Area 60%
  3. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 600 acres · Mostly federal land 26%

  2,333 acres of land in all, 1,733 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. 1998 Unnamed fire 11,141 acres in total 931 acres here
  2. 2016 Tulley Fire 607 acres in total · Cause: Arson 470 acres here
  3. 1974 Salmon Fire 1,104 acres in total 362 acres here
  4. 1998 Unnamed fire 469 acres in total 161 acres here
  5. 2009 Pecwan Fire 10 acres here
  6. 1992 Cappell Fire Cause: Arson 4 acres here
  7. 1992 Devil Fire Cause: Arson 3 acres here

  The most recent was the 2016 Tulley Fire, which burned 470 acres here. In all, 1,511 acres of Kep'el 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