Mira Monte

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 2,786 acres · 2,027 state, 759 local 90%
  2. High 190 acres · 31 state, 158 local 6%
  3. Moderate 105 acres · 11 state, 94 local 3%
  4. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 12 acres · Mostly federal land <1%

  3,093 acres of land in all, 2,069 in the State Responsibility Area and 1,012 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. 1953 Rice Road Fire 638 acres in total 534 acres here
  2. 1979 Creek Road Fire 32,706 acres in total 398 acres here
  3. 2017 Thomas Fire 281,791 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 263 acres here
  4. 1917 Thatcher Fire 29,639 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 239 acres here
  5. 1953 Unnamed fire 148 acres in total 115 acres here
  6. 2000 Kenewa Incident Fire 80 acres here
  7. 1903 San Antonio Fire 380 acres in total 63 acres here
  8. 1990 Matilija Fire 2,641 acres in total 48 acres here
  9. 1898 Matilija Fire 2,641 acres in total 48 acres here
  10. 1954 Mira Monte Fire 30 acres here

  And 9 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2017 Thomas Fire, which burned 263 acres here. In all, 1,126 acres of Mira Monte 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