Menifee

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 10,042 acres · 1 state, 10,041 local 34%
  2. High 1,914 acres · Local Responsibility Area 6%
  3. Moderate 1,868 acres · 3 state, 1,864 local 6%
  4. Non-wildland 15,927 acres · Local Responsibility Area 53%
  5. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 80 acres · Mostly federal land <1%

  29,830 acres of land in all, 4 in the State Responsibility Area and 29,746 in the Local. 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 19 fires that burned here

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  1. 1979 Menifee Fire 1,236 acres here
  2. 1981 Unnamed fire 908 acres here
  3. 1974 Meadowbrook Fire 545 acres here
  4. 1983 Newport Fire 537 acres here
  5. 1980 Unnamed fire 602 acres in total 413 acres here
  6. 1980 Unnamed fire 380 acres in total 313 acres here
  7. 1980 Unnamed fire 257 acres here
  8. 1983 Goetz Series Fire 332 acres in total · Cause: Arson 215 acres here
  9. 1981 Unnamed fire 175 acres here
  10. 1981 Unnamed fire 465 acres in total 158 acres here

  And 9 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2012 Scott Fire, which burned 4 acres here. In all, 4,078 acres of Menifee 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