La Quinta

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. High 121 acres · Local Responsibility Area 1%
  2. Moderate 4,720 acres · Local Responsibility Area 21%
  3. Non-wildland 14,084 acres · Local Responsibility Area 62%
  4. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 3,936 acres · Mostly federal land 17%

  22,860 acres of land in all, 18,925 of it in the Local 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. 1975 Unnamed fire 768 acres in total 131 acres here

  In all, 131 acres of La Quinta 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