Lake Riverside

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 3,927 acres · State Responsibility Area 83%
  2. High 633 acres · State Responsibility Area 13%
  3. Moderate 160 acres · State Responsibility Area 3%
  4. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 1 acre · Mostly federal land <1%

  4,721 acres of land in all, 4,720 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. 1928 Unnamed fire 60,175 acres in total 2,956 acres here
  2. 1981 Barber Fire 12,163 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,910 acres here
  3. 2004 Pleasure Fire 2,456 acres in total 526 acres here
  4. 1996 Read Fire Cause: Vehicle 101 acres here
  5. 1993 Tribal Fire 2,199 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 81 acres here
  6. 1967 Unnamed fire 63 acres in total 61 acres here
  7. 2025 Bradford Branch Fire Cause: Vehicle 11 acres here

  The most recent was the 2025 Bradford Branch Fire, which burned 11 acres here. In all, 4,233 acres of Lake Riverside 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