Lake Isabella

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 2,307 acres · State Responsibility Area 16%
  2. High 1,328 acres · State Responsibility Area 9%
  3. Moderate 337 acres · State Responsibility Area 2%
  4. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 10,196 acres · Mostly federal land 72%

  14,169 acres of land in all, 3,973 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 47 fires that burned here

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  1. 1942 Unnamed fire 26,979 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 3,774 acres here
  2. 2016 Erskine Fire 48,008 acres in total 3,022 acres here
  3. 1994 Lakeland Fire 2,437 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 1,733 acres here
  4. 2002 Borel Fire 3,418 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,432 acres here
  5. 1998 Yankee Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 1,229 acres here
  6. 2021 French Fire 26,535 acres in total 1,161 acres here
  7. 1974 Pioneer Fire 932 acres here
  8. 1984 Bodfish Fire 26,709 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 849 acres here
  9. 1968 Cook Peak Fire 885 acres in total 846 acres here
  10. 1974 Pioneer Fire 808 acres here

  And 37 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2025 Pearl Fire, which burned 40 acres here. In all, 9,784 acres of Lake Isabella 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